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Charlotte Howard, our US editor, on the battle between the party’s moderates and its left

The world’s most famous restaurant hopes to reinvent its kitchen culture

Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not

They will have less money and more responsibilities, even as scientists chase a cure

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Claudia Sheinbaum has abandoned her cool demeanour as Donald Trump attacks her political party

Readers responded in droves to our conversation with the influential, and controversial, tech entrepreneur

Longer than the world hopes, according to our Hormuz dependency dashboard

Jonathan Rosenthal, our international editor, takes an infantry fighting vehicle for a spin

Its industrial policy rests on a simple principle: might makes right

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Britain is a test case

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Policies can be reworked to help manage borders and protect those in genuine need, says Barham Salih, the UN’s refugees commissioner

The technology is quietly playing a role in every aspect of film-making

The new prime minister is making a good impression in the polls, writes Owen Winter, our political data journalist

Its leaders must decide how to manage a big windfall from AI

Success will require investing in employees as seriously as America invests in chips

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The plight of the hedge fund says more about them than about its 24-year-old founder

The smashup could provide useful data for future lunar inhabitants

Spain used it better than Italy, but it was not a game-changer

Senate campaigns in Montana and Nebraska offer a test

The government is shirking the work required for membership

In a gangsterish age, the UN needs an ultra-pragmatist as secretary-general

The next crop of listings will be huge. Their returns may not be

Expect more extreme weather

An enigmatic Fed faces the risk of AI stocks falling and the oil price soaring

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Football can’t rely on a revolt every time its governing body goes too far, argues Lorin Parys, the head of a European league

A surge in fruit exports shows how high-value agriculture can spur industrialisation

Oliver Morton, our planetary affairs editor, on how the fires are making air quality more lethal

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Thwarting the thief of time

How a powerful activist group is threatening science

Opposition parties are struggling as Bev Craig of the new-look Labour Party wins in Manchester

An exclusive look at how we designed our cover

Tanimoto Kiyoshi, one of the subjects of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”, tells his story

See how the electorate is changing

At 150 years old, Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle still commands attention

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, what’s at stake in Michigan’s Democratic primary

It is also angering the rest of Europe

Entire campaigns—and the fate of civilisations—have turned on a siege, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor

He is wisely overhauling Argentina’s central bank. But winning elections remains paramount

Three recommendations about journeys—and one show you shouldn’t embark on