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The new world order

How shifting alliances are changing geopolitics

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Plastic is polluting the ocean

What can small islands do in the face of a global problem?

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Israel and the Palestinians: a century of conflict

How wars and uprisings have changed the map of the region

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Well red: inside The Economist’s language and style

Employ a simple and straightforward style

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How to be gender-neutral in a foreign language

English-speakers have it easy

Insight

Video: Busting globalisation myths

How our correspondent followed his hunch about protectionism

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The impact of AI in society

How should this revolutionary technology be used?

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The fight to stop ageing

Pausing the clock, once a fantasy, is now big money

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3D printing and DIY: Ukraine’s drone revolution

Desperation is the mother of invention

Surrogacy

What’s driving the baby-business boom?

A fast-growing market needs policing

Ukraine at war

Winning the long war in Ukraine

Drones open a new front in Russia

Newsmakers

Can AI be controlled?

Yuval Noah Harari and Mustafa Suleyman debate artificial intelligence