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It’s not looking so good for Donald Trump, said Jordain Carney on Politico. With the crucial midterms just days away, “Republicans are navigating steep headwinds as they try to fend off Democratic momentum” and retain their Senate majority; they already seem resigned to losing their majority in the ...

Andy Burnham’s government plans to downgrade the pension triple lock. A necessary step, or an unfair raid on pensioners? How does the triple lock work? A guarantee on pensioner incomes, it was introduced by the coalition government in 2011 to address high levels of old-age poverty: it was actually a...
Shyam Sankar, the CTO of Palantir, has warned that, in Silicon Valley, young tech workers are now taking up smoking cigarettes, because they are convinced that AI will cure cancer before the habit can catch up with them. It is, he says, also a “way of signalling to other researchers how much they be...
“By my reckoning, the 1990s nostalgia trend has now lasted longer than the 1990s themselves. I understand my generation’s desire to insist our youthful decade was the most fun. But balance is needed before Noel Edmonds brings back Mr Blobby. The music was actually rubbish. The biggest hits were horr...

The media appears to owe the Duchess of Sussex an apology, said Sophie Heawood in The Independent. For years, critics have described Meghan as heartless for shunning her father in his declining years, but her estrangement from Thomas Markle Sr now makes a lot more sense. Last week, The Sun revealed ...
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The Explainer Doctors now have guidance for earlier intervention in girls’ and women’s cardiovascular health

The Explainer From savings to energy bills, the announcement will have a direct impact on millions

The Explainer Claims the monarch secretly converted to Islam and intends to dismantle Britain’s Christian identity have circulated for years

The Explainer The region of Aragon is now home to some of the largest tech conglomerates

Talking Point After a bitter election campaign and a shock first-round setback, Brazil’s president has secured a fourth term – but his troubles are far from over

Talking Point Child sex abuse claims against Thomas Markle Sr cast the Duchess of Sussex’s decision to cut contact in a new light

Talking Point Tech billionaires and art critics can take their time enjoying the 11th-century relic in London. But the public must hurry along



Under the radar It could fight off a deadly bacterial infection

Under the Radar Resource-rich islands push for ratification of their vote for independence from Papua New Guinea

Under The Radar ‘Emotion’ and ‘humanity’ are turning tears into power

Speed Read It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran’s tour

Speed Read Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

Speed Read The two leaders have “never gotten along better,” Trump claimed

Speed Read The parts were “inexplicably diverted” to the city, Bloomberg reported
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