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Humanity must not entrust its lot to clever machines, the bestselling historian warns

The poet and translator of “The Cantos” died on July 24th, aged 101

Charles Lennox and James Wilson, a pair of Britons, played important roles in the struggle for independence

A new book offers a dashing history of writers’ marks

“The Renoir Girls” uses a bright canvas to sketch a sombre history

New venues are inspired by a century-old tradition

Looser regulations will help with pipelines—but may not boost production

It wants more cash for its data—and more of people’s time

From tokenmaxxing to something more normal

The Northern Sea Route is a pricey and risky alternative to the Suez Canal

Despite promises of renewal, it is still an authoritarian state

Why Guaraní has become trendy in Paraguay

That is bad news for Iranians and a possible peace deal with America

Unhappy voters need to see that political choices can make a difference

The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier

The president hopes this will bring international recognition for the would-be state

The WNBA has become a culture-war battleground

A Rorschach test with a side of meatballs

Outside the snobbish capital, American line-dancing is huge

Most Ukrainians oppose holding them, but democratic pressure is mounting

How the British summer holidays offer the worst of all worlds

But Robert Jenrick’s mission to professionalise the populists is incomplete

A bold supply-side reform from this Labour government? Yes, really

Beyond America, the company risks becoming a victim of its own hype

We don’t care for others because they’re conscious. We believe they’re conscious because we care about them, argues Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Also this week, AI and Hollywood, scientific papers, oil pipelines, restaurants, postcards, Richard Wagner

It could take care of at least a little global warming

Whatever the company’s flaws, its critics have taken a worryingly illiberal turn

America must press Binyamin Netanyahu to rein in violent settlers