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The Explainer
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Brazil election: left and right battle it out for nation’s futureThe Explainer Incumbent Lula faces son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, with Trump administration ‘turning up the heat’
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NHS in the age of heatwaves
The Explainer Nurses are collapsing as they endure shifts on ‘dangerous’ wards in Victorian buildings ‘not equipped to cope’
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China’s green revolution and what it means for the worldThe Explainer Beijing is embracing clean energy on a massive scale
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Notting Hill Carnival at 60: a uniquely British-Caribbean celebrationThe Explainer As the event enters another decade, organisers are determined to preserve its heritage
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Talking Points
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Jason Arday: trial by media?Talking Point Was it ‘death by a thousand headlines’ or did the press act properly in exposing claims against the Cambridge academic?
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Kemi Badenoch: backing a former neo-NaziTalking Point The Tory leader’s supporters have commended her for her approach to ‘second chances’, though, but critics are concerned her strategy is inching further rightwards
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What the easyJet takeover means for budget travelTalking Point The Apollo takeover also has implications for the London market
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Under the Radar
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Moroccans are wary of France’s new anti-telemarketing lawUnder the Radar Some are concerned the law could affect Morocco’s job market
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Bangladesh’s long battle against yaba pillsUnder The Radar Locals living in poverty use the drug to escape ‘daily drudgery’
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Stuck ships in the Strait of Hormuz could be a marine superspreader threatUnder the radar Idle ships are a microbes’ playground
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Speed Reads
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Court denies Trump bid to claw back $5M verdictSpeed Read Trump paid writer E. Jean Carroll the $5 million payment last month
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Judge bars Trump from keeping FBI HQ in DCSpeed Read A congressionally approved 2023 plan would move the headquarters to Maryland
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CBP pauses bulldozers in Big Bend National ParkSpeed Read There will be a “pause on all activity in that park,” CBP officials said
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Kushner meets Hamas chief to revive Gaza planSpeed Read Officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar also attended the meeting
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