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    Food diet
    ‘Deny, denounce, delay’: the battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods

    Despite a growing body of evidence, Big Food is trying to dampen fears about the health effects of industrially formulated substances

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  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
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    Is the ‘cult of Modi’ starting to lose its lustre?

    India’s prime minister is likely to win a third term, but critics say his pro-business and authoritarian style may have peaked

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
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    Mexico’s drug cartels are thriving

    The outgoing president said he would tackle gangs with ‘hugs not bullets’. Five years on, violence is worse than ever

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    Once viewed as a superfuel that could decarbonise large chunks of the economy, the likely uses are shrinking dramatically

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  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    The race for an AI-powered personal assistant

    Google and OpenAI unveiled new tools to bring ‘intelligent systems’ a step closer. Will this be a milestone for generative AI?

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  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Sport
    What will it take to get Gen Z watching sport?

    Young people’s interest in watching sporting events is waning, threatening a business model built on broadcasting rights

    Montage of images of basketball player Caitlin Clark, footballer Marcus Rashford and tennis player Carlos Alcaraz with a pair of hands in the foreground holding up a smartphone with a UFC fight playing on the screen
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Media
    Paramount: the takeover battle that could reshape Hollywood

    The tussle for the venerable studio has been billed as the money men against the creatives, but the outcome may help decide who survives in the streaming era

    Montage image of David Ellison and Shari Redstone, the Paramount logo and a Wall St sign
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China-Russia: an economic ‘friendship’ that could rattle the world

    After Putin’s invasion of Ukraine trade links between the two countries have strengthened. So have Beijing’s geopolitical ambitions

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    How Iran has quietly fixed the race for the next supreme leader

    The regime’s power-brokers have done everything to ensure a smooth transition except find a frontrunner

    Iranians brandish portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini at a rally in Tehran
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    European economy
    Can Europe’s economy ever hope to rival the US again?

    Chronic underperformance is worrying EU policymakers who are searching for ways to inject some dynamism

    An image of a €10 note with two graph lines tracking across it
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Biden’s gamble to rein in Netanyahu

    The US president paused a weapons shipment to Israel, piling pressure on Israel’s leader to change course. Will it work?

    Montage of images of Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, US and Israeli flags and war planes above
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Airlines
    The smuggling trail keeping Russian passenger jets in the air

    Sanctions have caused imports of spare parts to collapse. But airlines have found new ways to get components into the country

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  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
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    Big Oil boomed under Biden. So why does it hate him?

    The president’s focus on tackling climate change has upset US producers, who are instead funding Trump

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  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Hong Kong economy
    The painful slump in Hong Kong property

    Prices and rents have fallen amid higher interest rates and a slowdown in China. Some experts warn that recovery could be elusive

    Montage image of Hong Kong skyline, with red background and chart lines
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Wealth management
    How deep are the problems at St James’s Place?

    A regulatory clampdown has led to lower inflows, a falling share price and talk that the wealth manager could face a takeover bid

    St James’s Place HQ in Cirencester
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Renewable energy
    The $9tn question: how to pay for the green transition

    The bill for meeting climate goals will be immense. Governments worldwide are trying to figure out how to foot it

  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Tesla Inc
    Can Elon Musk’s Tesla keep straddling the US and China?

    The EV maker has agreed a deal over driving technology with a leading Chinese internet company just as Washington is on edge about data security

    Montage image of Elon Musk, the US flag and Capitol, and Beijing’s Great Hall of the People
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    The clash over whether to commandeer Russia’s frozen assets

    Confiscating hundreds of billions of foreign reserves could transform Ukraine’s war. But the US and Europe disagree on how far to go

    Montage image of a soldier, money and a map of Ukraine
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Why Xi Jinping is afraid to unleash China’s consumers

    The pressure on Beijing to find a new growth model is acute but the president seems resistant to deeper economic reform

    BYD electric cars, top left, shipping container, wind turbine and shoppers in Beijing, Xi Jinping
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Northern Ireland
    The bitter fight over the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

    A new UK government law seeks to move the region past the conflict. Victims’ families say it denies them truth and justice

    Campaigners outside Belfast High Court in February
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    EU energy
    How Europe solved its Russian gas problem

    The bloc has avoided an energy crisis, but the short-term solutions could harm competitiveness and the green transition down the line

    A montage of images of a pressure gauge dial with yellow stars of the EU flag around it and against an EU blue background map of Europe
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    With Trump in court, can Biden take control of the election?

    As polls show the race tied, the president is campaigning around the country and his opponent is stuck spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom

    A composite image of Trump in the courtroom and Biden campaigning
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    UK government spending
    Inside the UK’s failing plans to ‘level up’ left-behind towns

    The promise of billions in regeneration funding helped Boris Johnson win power in 2019. But critics say little has changed on the ground

    Montage image of Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    The ambitions of China’s BYD stretch well beyond electric vehicles

    The company’s global plans range from solar modules and electric buses, trucks and trains to complex transport systems. But is it trying to do too much?

    Wang Chuanfu, centre. surrounded by BYD solar panels, bus, truck and car
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    African politics
    The young South Africans rethinking Nelson Mandela’s legacy

    Some of those born after the end of apartheid are taking inspiration from the radical politics of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

    The Mandelas, who divorced in 1996
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