Catch up:Macron and Trump discuss Ukraine; DOGE pushback

Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump said that European troops could serve as peacekeepers in Ukraine. Speaking at a joint press ...

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Catch up:Macron and Trump discuss Ukraine; Russia strikes Kyiv

Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump said that European troops could serve as peacekeepers in Ukraine. Speaking at a joint press ...

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Catch up:Starmer boosts defence spending; Russia pounds Ukraine overnight

Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, pledged to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP per year by 2027, from 2.3%, wit...

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Germany has mere weeks to shore up its defences

FRIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a remarkab...

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Germany’s election victor must ditch its debt rules—fast

FRIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a remarkab...

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Germany’s election victor must ditch its debt rules—immediately

FRIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in elections on February 23rd to issue a ...

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A guide to dodging Trump’s tariffs

In 1881 American customs officials stopped a suspicious shipment of sugar, believing its colour had been altered. Under the p...

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A guide to dodging Donald Trump’s tariffs

In 1881 American customs officials stopped a suspicious shipment of sugar, believing its colour had been deliberately altered...

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Epigenetic editors are a gentler form of gene editing

More than a decade ago Sonia Vallabh, a lawyer, and her husband, an engineer, decided to retrain as molecular biologists. The...

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DOGE is encountering opposition from Donald Trump’s appointees

ON FEBRUARY 22nd Elon Musk posted 158 times on X, his social-media platform. But that was not his only communication. Over th...

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