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Will Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump gamble pay off?

Published on Jan 25, 2025 08:00 AM IST

He risks making enemies elsewhere

The International Fact-Checking Network says that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, is "false" when he says that Facebook and Instagram's fact-checking programs have turned into censorship.(AP/David Zalubowski))
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Europe has lots of lithium, but struggles to get it out of the ground

Its targets for strategic autonomy look hard to meet

Lithium chloride (LiCl) is pictured outside Vulcan energy lithium electrolysis optimisation plant in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Jan 24, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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AUKUS enters its fifth year. How is the pact faring?

It has weathered two big political changes. What about Donald Trump’s return?

Britain's former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, meets with US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, left, at Point Loma naval base in San Diego, US, Monday March 13, 2023, as part of Aukus, a trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK, and the US. AP/PTI(AP03_14_2023_000001B)(AP)
Published on Jan 23, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Are mystics kooks or valuable disrupters?

A realist’s refreshing take on mysticism

The term “mystical” comes from the ancient Greek mystikos, which means hidden
Published on Jan 22, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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The West is making a muddle of its Syria sanctions

Outsiders should be much clearer about how and when they will be lifted

People celebrated at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8, 2024. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.(AFP)
Published on Jan 21, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Does made in Mexico mean made by China?

Donald Trump believes Mexico is a trojan horse for Chinese mercantilism

FILE PHOTO: An employee works on the assembly line at the Volkswagen automobile manufacturing factory in Puebla, Mexico, August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Imelda Medina/File Photo(REUTERS)
Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Should you start lifting weights?

You’ll stay healthier for longer if you’re strong

Barbells; chalk; the clang of iron plates. Strength training is having a moment.
Published on Jan 19, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Health warnings about alcohol give only half the story

Enjoyment matters as well as risk

Drinking a lot is indisputably bad for you(Pixabay)
Published on Jan 18, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures

Our climate team highlight four charts and two maps

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Olaf Scholz still thinks he can win re-election as chancellor

Someone has to

German chancellor Olaf Scholz.(Bloomberg)
Published on Jan 16, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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The US Army needs less good, cheaper drones to compete

It seems obvious. So what is stopping it from happening?

Ukrainian drones are typically assembled from cheap components made in China. . (File)
Published on Jan 15, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Why have Britain’s bond yields jumped sharply?

Mostly, blame Donald Trump. But Labour’s policies haven’t helped

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves speaks during a press conference after the 11th China - UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in Beijing on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Jan 14, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Pakistan’s army puts a former intelligence chief on trial

General Faiz Hameed is an ally of Imran Khan, who is currently behind bars

General Hameed, who has been in custody since August, is accused of, among other things, “engaging in political activities” and violating secrecy laws.(File Photo)
Published on Jan 13, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Mark Zuckerberg’s U-turn on fact-checking is craven—but correct

Social-media platforms should not be in the business of defining truth

This photo illustration created on January 8, 2025, in Brussels, shows the media giant Meta's logo displayed on a smartphone and screen displaying the words
Published on Jan 12, 2025 08:00 AM IST
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Los Angeles against the flames

Always vulnerable, the city is increasingly susceptible to fir

Smoke and fire billows from the Palisades Fire threatening homes in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(REUTERS)
Published on Jan 11, 2025 09:00 PM IST
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AI can bring back a person’s own voice

And it can generate sentences trained on their own writing

Artificial intelligence.(Thinkstock)
Published on Dec 30, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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Machine translation is almost a solved problem

But interpreting meanings, rather than just words and sentences, will be a daunting taskv

It is hardly a surprise that the AI model-makers are bullish, but the optimism feels apt.(Pixabay)
Published on Dec 29, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

France is not alone in its fiscal woes

Deficits look worryingly wide across Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron stands at attention during commemorations marking the 106th anniversary of the November 11, 1918, Armistice, ending World War I, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.(AP)
Published on Dec 28, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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Could the next pope come from Africa or Asia?

Those are the regions where the Catholic church is growing fastest

TOPSHOT - Pope Francis (C) presides over a mass at Place d�Austerlitz (U Casone) in Ajaccio, as part of his trip on the French island of Corsica, on December 15, 2024.Photo by Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Dec 27, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Taylor Swift, imperfect capitalist?

The pop star could have made even more money from her $2bn tour

Taylor Swift performs as her record-breaking The Eras Tour comes to an end with the first of her three concerts in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier (REUTERS)
Published on Dec 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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The novel was a dominant art form last century

What does the 21st century hold for it?

Novels are not, in fact, dying: bookstores flog ever-changing stacks of new ones.(Pixabay)
Published on Dec 25, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

What a censored speech says about China’s economy

If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?

A boy poses with a Chinese national flag in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.. (Reuters)
Published on Dec 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Are adults forgetting how to read?

A survey by the OECD suggests so

Worse still, adults in many places have grown less literate over the past ten years.(Pixabay)
Published on Dec 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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India wields cricket as a geopolitical tool against Pakistan

A spat over a big tournament highlights how bad relations have got

Cricket once played a conciliatory role between the two countries. (Pixabay)
Published on Dec 22, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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What has four stomachs and could change the world?

Technology is transforming cattle farming, but not fast enough

In rich countries, cows are unfashionable. The health-conscious are shunning red meat and switching to plant-based milk. (HT File)
Published on Dec 21, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Christmas films are cheesy, mindless and widely loved. Why?

The obviousness is part of the appeal

Who likes such sparkly fluff, and why? Adult Christmas films are mostly watched by women, from millennials upwards. (Pixabay)
Published on Dec 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Can an agreement with the EU resurrect Mercosur?

A big geopolitical deal

European Union flags outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. (Reuters file photo)
Published on Dec 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Protests threaten Georgia’s Kremlin-friendly government

A constitutional crisis over the presidency escalates

Anti-government demonstrators protest outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elected a new president, in Tbilisi on December 15, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and which is boycotted by the opposition, elected Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition has denounced the December 14 election as
Published on Dec 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Trump for Dummies

A ten-step guide

US President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of the Oval Office in January 2025. (AP)
Published on Dec 17, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Is America’s opioid epidemic finally burning out?

Overdose deaths are falling steadily

FILE PHOTO: Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo(REUTERS)
Published on Dec 16, 2024 08:29 PM IST
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