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Thaksin Shinawatra: the divisive former Thai PM back after 15 years
Why Everyone’s Talking About Telecoms tycoon turned populist politician arrested on arrival as parliament votes on new prime minister
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Lucy Letby: nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies
Why Everyone’s Talking About 33-year-old now ‘UK’s most prolific child killer of modern times’ after nine-month trial
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Javier Milei: the ‘tantric sex instructor’ Trump fan who could be president
Why Everyone’s Talking About Far-right economist who gained shock win in Argentina’s primary elections amid economic devastation
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Julius Malema: South Africa’s next kingmaker?
Why Everyone’s Talking About Populist firebrand accused of stoking racial tensions could hold balance of power after next year’s general election
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Jack Smith: the special prosecutor taking on Donald Trump
Why Everyone’s Talking About The Department of Justice has now brought two indictments against Trump following Smith’s investigations
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s controversial former leader receives ‘confusing’ pardon
Why Everyone’s Talking About World must ‘not fall for this nonsense’ as jail sentence is cut by only six years
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Sam Altman: the OpenAI CEO leading the AI revolution
Why Everyone’s Talking About The Silicon Valley entrepreneur is pushing AI into the mainstream while actively warning of its dangers
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Mick Jagger: five things you might not know about the octogenarian rockstar
Why Everyone’s Talking About The rock legend will celebrate his 80th birthday at a lavish party in London
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Susan Hall: the Tory London mayor candidate taking on Sadiq Khan
Why Everyone’s Talking About The Johnson and Trump supporter’s priorities include tackling crime and stopping Ulez expansion
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Bad Bunny: world’s most-streamed musician giving a voice to Puerto Rico
Why Everyone’s Talking About Global superstar champions Latino culture, speaks out against corruption and challenges gender norms
By Harriet Marsden Published
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Mark Rutte: longest-serving Dutch PM set to leave politics
Why Everyone’s Talking About ‘Teflon Mark’ steps down on his own terms, but could the leadership of the EU or Nato await?
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Katharine Birbalsingh: Britain’s ‘strictest head teacher’ takes aim at Jess Phillips
Why Everyone’s Talking About Former social mobility tsar accuses Labour MP of racism in Twitter spat
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: the real ‘father of the atomic bomb’ at centre of new blockbuster
Why Everyone’s Talking About The physicist who led the Manhattan Project has become a martyr for some but his legacy is more complicated
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Litquidity: the financial ‘meme-lord’ taking Wall Street by storm
Why Everyone’s Talking About Instagram’s most popular financial meme account is the creation of an anonymous former banker
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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