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    China is using its financial muscle to buy political influence in the EU, and the Europeans are nervous. Our cover this week

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    The Nobel prize for physiology went to James Allison and Tasuku Honjo, for discovering a cancer therapy which will transform treatments

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    Our critics review autumn’s must-read books, including a magical novel about Michelangelo From

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    The two old men who have steered Tunisia since 2014 have ended their pact. The country needs fresh faces and a stronger parliament

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    In 1990 28% of Spain was forested; now the proportion is 37%

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    Some nations are racing to create more efficient renewable technologies. China is leading the way

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    In the spectrum of threats to Western democracy, cock-eyed campus politics may not entirely deserve the attention it attracts

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    Passengers could imagine that they are on the beach, rather than hemmed into a tightly packed flying tube

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    Cape Town's murder rate is more than twice that of Johannesburg and higher than in any large city outside of the Americas

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    The word "vicious" beats like a metronome through this wondrous book

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    Macroeconomic theorists disagree on almost everything. That is one of the reasons it is such a hard subject to teach

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    The list of accusations against Russia include allegations that the country hacked into athletic anti-doping agencies

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    How should the West deal with President Vladimir Putin? Garry Kasparov offers some suggestions

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    As with the protagonist's piano-tuning, practising a craft to this degree of refinement is an impressive feat

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    Politicians are expected to lie and can be ejected. Brett Kavanaugh is on the cusp of a lifetime appointment to America's highest court

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    Will Japan return to commercial whaling?

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    Mr Biden has never directly apologised to Anita Hill for his actions and words during Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings

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