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Why Cuba is under siegeThe Explainer Cubans have endured decades of mismanagement from their own communist government, along with economic warfare from the US
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The US is executing more elderly inmatesIn the Spotlight Dennis Sochor has become the oldest-ever prisoner executed in Florida, as US death row populations age
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Folarin Balogun red card: did Fifa cross a red line?Talking Point Football governing body suspended US striker’s one-match ban after phone call from Donald Trump, only for host team to crash out of World Cup
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Donald Trump’s talks: is the Iran war really ‘winding down’?Talking Point US president is buying time to escape the ‘mess he created’, but Iran will ‘drive a hard bargain’
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China’s role in the US-Israeli war on IranThe Explainer Beijing has long been Iran’s key financial backer and oil buyer, but projection of stability and relations with the US ahead of Xi-Trump summit take precedence
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Should King Charles postpone his US state visit?Today's Big Question Fears UK monarch would hand Donald Trump a diplomatic coup against backdrop of US attacks on Iran
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Republicans vs. Democrats: who do the billionaires back?The Explainer Younger tech titans join 'boys' club throwing money and support' behind President Trump, while older plutocrats quietly rebuke new administration
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Is the UK-US special relationship over?Today's Big Question Trump slates Starmer over lack of support for US strikes on Iran but intelligence sharing and economic interdependence persist
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The last words and final moments of 40 presidentsThe Explainer Some are eloquent quotes worthy of the holders of the highest office in the nation, and others... aren't
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Melania: an ‘ice-cold’ documentaryTalking Point The film has played to largely empty cinemas, but it does have one fan
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The billionaires’ wealth tax: a catastrophe for California?Talking Point Peter Thiel and Larry Page preparing to change state residency
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Bari Weiss’ ‘60 Minutes’ scandal is about more than one reportIN THE SPOTLIGHT By blocking an approved segment on a controversial prison holding US deportees in El Salvador, the editor-in-chief of CBS News has become the main story
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Has Zohran Mamdani shown the Democrats how to win again?Today’s Big Question New York City mayoral election touted as victory for left-wing populists but moderate centrist wins elsewhere present more complex path for Democratic Party
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Millions turn out for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ ralliesSpeed Read An estimated 7 million people participated, 2 million more than at the first ‘No Kings’ protest in June
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