Rock and rule: Japan’s first female PM
21 Oct 2025
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Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s new prime minister, rode motorbikes and plays heavy-metal drums. Will her ...
Voices of Gaza: life amid a fragile peace
20 Oct 2025
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Ten days into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the truce remains tenuous. Today our correspon...
Bolt-on charges: Trump's former adviser is indicted
17 Oct 2025
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John Bolton, a former Trump ally-turned-critic has been charged with mishandling classified informat...
Rome run: Meloni’s surprising stamina
16 Oct 2025
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When Giorgia Meloni was elected Italy’s prime minister, many people feared she would prove divisiv...
Aid pro quo: Trump weaponises foreign help
15 Oct 2025
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After cancelling much of America’s international development funding, President Donald Trump is no...
Wrong side of the hack: cybercrime grows
14 Oct 2025
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Cyberattacks have brought firms like Jaguar Land Rover and Asahi to a standstill. Our correspondent ...
Out at last: Israeli hostages return
13 Oct 2025
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Donald Trump arrived in the Middle East for a victory tour as Israeli captives were finally freed. B...
The Weekend Intelligence: The trial of Yevgenia Berkovich
11 Oct 2025
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In May 2024, Yevgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petrichuk, the director and writer of an experimental p...
Dune raider: Saudi is a video-game superpower
10 Oct 2025
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Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, is a huge video-game fan. Now his hobby is becom...
Finally, a deal: the fragile peace in Gaza
09 Oct 2025
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Donald Trump has brokered an agreement between Israel’s government and Hamas. It’s a momentous b...
Liberté, égalité, désordre: chaos in France
08 Oct 2025
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France’s newly-appointed prime minister has resigned only weeks into the job. Now President Emmanu...
Man of steel, and aluminium: Carney talks trade with Trump
07 Oct 2025
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The swiftest way for Prime Minister Mark Carney to ease pressure on Canada’s economy is to convinc...
One peace at a time: hopeful Gaza talks
06 Oct 2025
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As negotiators gather in Egypt, appetite for a short-term peace seems high on all sides. But there i...
Chainsaw out of gas? Milei’s experiment wobbles
03 Oct 2025
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A telling local-election loss, persistent allegations of scandal and an American pledge to prop up t...
Space invaders: Russia’s NATO nose-thumbing
02 Oct 2025
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Russia’s dark-fleet maritime operations and brazen incursions into NATO airspace appear to be prec...
Shut happens: US federal funding stops
01 Oct 2025
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After Republicans and Democrats failed to compromise on the budget bill, money to US federal agencie...
Your peace or mine? Prospects for Gaza deal
30 Sep 2025
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After pressure from US President Donald Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has been str...
Fortunes of war: is Russia’s economy slowing?
29 Sep 2025
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The collapse of Russia’s wartime economy has long been foretold, yet massive fiscal stimulus has c...
Under different thumbs: a scant TikTok deal
26 Sep 2025
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President Donald Trump’s executive order ostensibly puts a years-long debate to bed. But questions...
Home truths: Ukraine’s internal strains
25 Sep 2025
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A snapshot of the country reveals deepening military and economic problems—and, perhaps above all,...
On warhead be it: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
24 Sep 2025
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A long-suspected defence partnership between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has burst into the open. We a...
States of disarray: the UN at 80
23 Sep 2025
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Coffers running low and an increasingly absent principal member: the United Nations has never looked...
One nation, under God, divisible: Charlie Kirk’s memorial
22 Sep 2025
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Part commemoration, part megachurch meeting, largely political rally—the memorial service for Char...
JAIpur to MumbAI: US firms invest in India
19 Sep 2025
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India is becoming one of the largest markets for Artificial Intelligence and shaping how the technol...
Wary pharma: AstraZeneca sours on UK
18 Sep 2025
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Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has paused a £200m investment in Britain and could move its primar...
Offensive: UN calls it genocide, Israel persists
17 Sep 2025
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A new United Nations report says Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute “genocide”. That has not ...
Honey, we shrunk the kids: population fall
16 Sep 2025
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Falling fertility makes a global decline in population inevitable. That will change the shape and ma...
Losing the plot: Brazil-US relations tested
15 Sep 2025
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After Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for trying to organise a coup in 2023, Dona...
When the son comes up: the Murdoch succession battle
12 Sep 2025
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A high-stakes tussle about who will take over Fox and News Corp from Rupert Murdoch has concluded; L...
Combative, conservative, cut down: Charlie Kirk
11 Sep 2025
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America’s most prominent young conservative was assassinated while conducting one of his signature...
Strikes’ price: Israel’s shocking Doha attack
10 Sep 2025
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Qatar had positioned itself as a regional mediator, a safe space for negotiations. Israel’s previo...
Buns in ovens: heatwaves and maternal health
09 Sep 2025
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There is a growing awareness of how high temperatures affect expectant mothers and their babies. We ...
Go, fourth? France likely to lose another PM
08 Sep 2025
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An unpopular budget will probably spark the ousting of another prime minister, Francois Bayrou—and...
For her eyes only: a new boss at MI6
05 Sep 2025
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When the incoming chief of Britain’s secret services takes the helm on October 1st, she must balan...
Mission possible: Baghdad is booming
04 Sep 2025
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Our correspondent meets Iraq’s prime minister Muhammad al-Sudani to discuss the country’s constr...
Sino-the-times: China gathers global allies
03 Sep 2025
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World leaders flocked to China this week for an international summit followed by a giant military pa...
Call the shots: vaccine cuts imperil global health
02 Sep 2025
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America’s health secretary, RFK Jr, is known for his opposition to vaccines, particularly mRNA jab...
Indonesia ablaze: Riots test Prabowo
01 Sep 2025
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For the past week in Indonesia, protesters have taken to the streets and cities have burned. Preside...
Split ends: political in-fighting in Israel
29 Aug 2025
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Prime minister Bibi Netanyahu is focused on his own political survival. Our correspondent explains h...
Chill baby chill: Modi-Trump relations dip
28 Aug 2025
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Yesterday Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Indian imports to America, among the highest in the w...
Fed alert: can Trump fire a governor?
27 Aug 2025
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What does Donald Trump’s attempt to sack Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, mean for the insti...
Grand theft global: the business of street crime
26 Aug 2025
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Car and phone theft were once the preserve of petty crooks in London. Now they underpin a vast and s...
That warm buzzy feeling: malaria and climate change
25 Aug 2025
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As temperatures climb, mosquitoes will migrate to places where natural resistance to malaria is lowe...
Rule and divide: opposition grows in Syria
22 Aug 2025
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Less than nine months after Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled, the honeymoon is over. H...
Stake and chips: will America take 10% of Intel?
21 Aug 2025
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Intel was once synonymous with chip-making, but in recent years it has fallen behind. Now the Trump ...
Trouble in paradise: US plans for Pacific war
20 Aug 2025
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With China as its new rival, America is reviving old wartime facilities across the Pacific. Our corr...
On a win and a player: Britain’s gaming prowess
19 Aug 2025
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As the world’s biggest gaming fair gets underway, our correspondent looks at the surprising succes...
Peace by piece? Zelensky and Trump meet again
18 Aug 2025
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After an inconclusive summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, the stakes...
A farewell to arms? Hamas considers its options
15 Aug 2025
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Opinions of Hamas are shifting—among its international backers, in Gaza, even within its affiliate...
Frozen conflict? A special episode in the Arctic
14 Aug 2025
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In Norway’s north, a geopolitical quirk may yet transform into a geopolitical conflict. We visit S...
Just getting started: El Salvador’s president for life
13 Aug 2025
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First he came for the gangs; then, for his critics. Now Nayib Bukele has come for El Salvador’s co...
Next top model: GPT-5 and its AI rivals
12 Aug 2025
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A look at progress in generative AI shows that OpenAI’s latest, greatest model sits on a neat curv...
The summit of its parts: Ukraine, Trump and Putin
11 Aug 2025
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What is on the table for the meeting in Alaska? What are the red lines? What chance Ukraine would ac...
Not all’s fair: Israel and accountability
08 Aug 2025
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We take an expansive look at how much the Israeli justice system is holding its war machine to accou...
Duty regime: America’s consumers will foot the tariff bill
07 Aug 2025
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As yet another tranche of Donald Trump’s tariffs takes effect, we look at why the duties might out...
Unsteady state: Somalia in disarray
06 Aug 2025
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The country had been on the rise: beating back jihadists, strengthening its federal structure and ga...
Consultant management: McKinsey loses its shine
05 Aug 2025
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The world’s biggest strategy consultant has smaller rivals nipping at its heels. As it nears 100 y...
Degrees of freedom? Harvard’s shakedown dilemma
04 Aug 2025
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Donald Trump’s mission to bend higher education to his will maintains its sharpest focus on Harvar...
State swing: recognising Palestine
01 Aug 2025
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The aims of France, Britain and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state are laudable—but now is ...
Luxe run out? LVMH
31 Jul 2025
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LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, to use its proper name, is led by Bernard Arnault, who is cred...
Heavy meddle: Trump and Brazil
30 Jul 2025
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President Donald Trump’s animus towards his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is be...
Pause for little effect: a trickle of aid in Gaza
29 Jul 2025
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Localised “tactical pauses” in Gaza relieve international pressure on Israel more than they reli...
EU gotta know when to hold ‘em: America’s latest trade deal
28 Jul 2025
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The European Union will swallow 15% tariffs in exchange for promises to buy American. We examine the...
Xiaomi the way: a Chinese tech giant gets bigger
25 Jul 2025
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The smartphone giant is now making strong inroads in the electric-vehicle market. But can its boss’...
Anti-anti-corruption? A bill in Ukraine sparks protests
24 Jul 2025
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A new bill threatening the independence of anti-corruption agencies has brought Ukrainians onto the ...
The smaller C: progress in beating cancer
23 Jul 2025
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Overall, more people are dying from cancer. But a closer look at the numbers reveals just how much s...
Hawks v talks: barriers to peace in Gaza
22 Jul 2025
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Even as Western countries band together to condemn Israel’s actions, aid remains at a trickle and ...
Land of the rising shun? Immigration and Japan’s politics
21 Jul 2025
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The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated the country’s politics for seven decades, just g...
The ships are down: Houthis resume strikes
18 Jul 2025
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Once again, commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea are being attacked. Our correspondent explains...
Gown and out: are British universities broke?
17 Jul 2025
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UK universities are internationally renowned, but their finances are in a mess. Our correspondent of...
The bomb (part 1): were nuclear weapons inevitable?
16 Jul 2025
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Where did the world’s most devastating weapon come from? In a four-part series, we go behind the s...
Internet dating: will AI kill the web?
16 Jul 2025
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The business model of the internet is built on people visiting sites to find out information. As Art...
Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin
15 Jul 2025
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For months, Donald Trump has appeared to back Vladimir Putin. Now, frustrated at the lack of a cease...
Old-school Thai: is another coup coming?
14 Jul 2025
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After Thailand’s constitutional court suspended the country’s prime minister, our correspondent ...
The Weekend Intelligence: The hunt for Austin Tice
12 Jul 2025
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On December 8th, 2024, rebels swept into Damascus and ousted Syria's dictator, Bashar al-Assad. One ...
At your services: Britain’s economic bright spot
11 Jul 2025
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Growth is abysmal; wages are low. But seen from the outside, Britain is a great place to contract se...
Migration roots: the broken asylum system
10 Jul 2025
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Immigration is a political lightning rod in part because the ageing global asylum pact is no longer ...
Sprawl of duty: Trump’s tariff drama
09 Jul 2025
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Once again President Donald Trump extended the deadline for spine-stiffening tariffs to go into effe...
The French reconnection: Macron in Britain
08 Jul 2025
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Anglo-French relations have not been so good since before the Brexit vote. Beneath the state-visit p...
Trump card: can he broker a Gaza deal?
07 Jul 2025
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While Israel and Hamas officials discuss a ceasefire via mediators in Qatar, a key meeting will take...
Oh Keir! Labour’s torrid first year
04 Jul 2025
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After a landslide victory and promises for radical renewal, Britain’s Labour government is failing...
Hard-core business: valuing OnlyFans
03 Jul 2025
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OnlyFans transformed the online porn industry by making users subscribe for adult content. Now it is...
Bill baby bill: Trump’s landmark legislation
02 Jul 2025
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As Donald Trump’s landmark legislation narrowly passes the Senate, our correspondent analyses the ...
Hard cell: Aung San Suu Kyi at 80
01 Jul 2025
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She was once the great hope for Myanmar. Though Aung San Suu Kyi fell from grace – and now sits in...
Truce believers: Rwanda and Congo’s fragile deal
30 Jun 2025
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After decades of conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, last week Donald Trum...
Going gang-buster: we meet Ecuador’s president
27 Jun 2025
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Yesterday’s arrest of a notorious gang leader is a win for Daniel Noboa. He assures our journalist...
Not-deciding factor: Iran’s supreme leader
26 Jun 2025
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We examine the path of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once a bookish cleric underrated by everyone—includ...
Stayed in China: a domestic-brand boom
25 Jun 2025
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Western brands used to define cool and luxurious in China. No longer. Now consumers are turning to h...
Truce and consequences: a fragile ceasefire in Iran
24 Jun 2025
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Iran’s strikes both before and apparently after a ceasefire began seem to threaten peace. If it ho...
Company profile: Corning
23 Jun 2025
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The picturesque town of Corning in upstate New York doesn’t look like the site of bleeding-edge in...
No good options: how Iran will respond
23 Jun 2025
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After America’s strikes intended to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme, one question is whether th...
Hurry up and wait: Trump’s choice on Iran
20 Jun 2025
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The most consequential decision of Donald Trump’s presidency is now on pause for two weeks. We exa...
I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
19 Jun 2025
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The workplace wisdom that a university degree is a sure-fire key to success is very much in question...
A house divided against itself: America simmers
18 Jun 2025
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Political assassinations. Troops on city streets. National protests. We examine the edgy mood inside...
Confused unity: the mood in Iran
17 Jun 2025
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A sudden war made Iran’s leaders look unprepared. And many Iranians loathe the regime. But there a...
Bunkers unbusted: Israel and Iran
16 Jun 2025
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So far, Israel’s strikes have not accomplished the stated mission of crippling Iran’s nuclear pr...
Lone raider: Israel bombs Iran
13 Jun 2025
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After Israel launches an all-out assault on Iran without clear US backing, our correspondent explain...
Same news story: why Murdoch endures
12 Jun 2025
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The all-famous Murdoch clan is engaged in a fierce battle over control of the family’s media compa...
Golden girls: do parents prefer them?
11 Jun 2025
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For centuries, male children were prized as heirs and breadwinners. Now the desire to have boys is d...
Core blimey: what’s up at Apple?
10 Jun 2025
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It brought us the iPhone–and changed the world. Now Apple is struggling to keep up with rapid adva...