Saudi Arabia is throwing money at the game. It expects a return https://econ.st/44EUGqu #press
Yoga has helped Syria’s president strengthen ties with India. He thinks outreach to Jews might improve relations with America and Israel https://econ.st/3rt0Ons #press
In the language of economists, a warming world faces “uncertainty” as well as “risk”. That makes the task of setting appropriate prices for premiums even more difficult https://econ.st/3DenGtu #press
Victoria Amelina had not written much poetry before. But war in Ukraine gave her no option. Missile strikes shattered language as well as buildings. She was left with a debris of words for what was often indescribable anyway https://econ.st/471rHzp #press
The differences in first-time fathers’ brains are less pronounced than those in mothers, and also more variable—and are, presumably, caused in a different way https://econ.st/3JR8c2w #press
Five books that define creativity and tell you how to inspire it https://econ.st/3OlTseJ #press
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Libya’s rival factions are trying to agree on electoral laws and a date for the vote. If the political process fails, violence is likely to resume in the country https://econ.st/3QePKoz #press
Yoga centres are popping up and new evangelical house churches are opening. Bashar al-Assad is blessing this religious pluralism https://econ.st/3Og7HSf #press
Christopher Nolan has likened “Oppenheimer” to a horror flick. Greta Gerwig, by contrast, has described the set of “Barbie”—which contributed to a global shortage of pink paint—as “a dopamine generator” https://econ.st/3pSaZS7
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Asia’s longest-serving leader is campaigning for re-election. But he has already anointed a successor—his eldest son https://econ.st/3OdtXvN #press
Fancy a bacon-and-egg ice cream, or a scoop of cheddar cheese and pickle? Why avant-garde ice cream leaves our food columnist cold https://econ.st/44HJ2ev #press
Muscovites keep sipping Prosecco in the sun. But something feels off https://econ.st/3O6eUUM #press
The boss of JPMorgan Chase appears genuinely animated by reducing the cost of education, and wants to unleash social mobility https://econ.st/46IISp2 #press
He was among the 20th century’s greatest artists. He was also an abuser, with a nauseating fondness for much younger women https://econ.st/3JYnXV8 #press
It is hard to know how Chinese schools could offer much more patriotic education and still leave time for reading or maths. Nonetheless, the new Patriotic Education Law is hailed as much needed by Chinese media https://econ.st/43pwG9U #press
The success of same-sex marriage legislation shows how political leaders can shape and accelerate deeper shifts in public opinion. Polling shows that more than three-quarters of Britons now support gay marriage, up from just over half in 2012 https://econ.st/3rsgIhW #press
“Tonight”, Bruce Springsteen sings, “I’m ready to grow young again”—and the greying devotees in T-shirts from tours of yore feel the same way https://econ.st/44lLYxI #press
It’s about what you buy as well as how much you spend https://econ.st/3JYdJ7r #press
City folk once dismissed the AfD as a losing team of racists and crackpots. Older parties swore never to consider it as a coalition partner. But bells began to ring last month when it won control of a district administration in Thuringia https://econ.st/3DeiN3J #press