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Startups claim they can screen embryos for everything from genetic diseases to IQ. Not everyone is convinced

Greater freedom to innovate has helped bring about an artisanal revival

To restrain them, countries must increase testing and reduce stigma

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Self-interested Taiwanese politicians are making the country increasingly ungovernable. China is the only winner

The public likes all the controls—until they get in the way

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The hottest new hangout is old-school

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Egypt promised to fight and Jordan promised to stay neutral. Neither delivered

Anshel Pfeffer, our Israel correspondent, examines why so few of the country’s former generals succeed in politics

Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, takes a rare trip to Khartoum

Its next governor will have to focus more on costs than culture

Tom Sasse, our South Asia bureau chief, on the bleak future facing the few Afghan girls still able to study

Treating it as a mere by-product of deeper distortions lets China off too easily, argue Anantha Nageswaran and P.S. Srinivas

Ramzan Kadyrov uses his sway to spare his people from the fight

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, is the government getting AI anxiety?

Who will win the Clacton by-election? Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, visits the seaside town

But it is far from finished in the Middle East

Forget OPEC. The Chinese Communist Party calls the shots

Pharma’s newest obsession involves mimicking the system that keeps people awake

The mental health of conservatives suffers when they live in progressive places

Lula hopes to secure a fourth term by beating Flávio Bolsonaro

These products of wildfires worsen their creators

Jack Bogle’s creation has transformed markets, and involves plenty of choices

The chipmaker’s biggest customers want a piece of its business. It is fighting back with a $500bn deal

The state is a poor representative of the country

Canadians are starting to turn against Mark Carney’s pragmatic response

A novel dataset provides some surprising answers

Also on the daily podcast: hate speech in Brazil and the world’s most important beer

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The new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, took office three days before it struck

John Prideaux, our executive editor, on why the left is focusing on the wrong kind of candidate

Rachel Lloyd, our deputy culture editor, looks at how the moustachioed football coach became a cultural symbol

The controversy over the Hebridean tradition of killing gannet chicks

Why a debate over a hit cartoon is more than culture-war madness

The movement trying to reclaim our attention

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, responding to rapid technological change in the workplace

High copper prices are a boon. But voters want to feel it

Also on the daily podcast: the Canadian bridge caught in a Trumpian trade tantrum and a tribute to a junk-art genius

Yes. But perhaps best not to overthink it

Provocative films and TV shows feature on our list

But it could ease the way towards a much-needed regional breakthrough, writes Ernest Moniz