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The fracturing French left

The Middle East crisis is splitting the French opposition

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Costa Rica no longer seems a Latin American success story

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Politics hampers Delhi’s fight against air pollution

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Narendra Modi has shifted India from the Palestinians to Israel

One leader, two philosophies

Xi Jinping is trying to fuse the ideologies of Marx and Confucius

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Progress on one front

China and Bhutan aim to resolve a long-running border dispute

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Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest

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Frightening

How Japan poses a threat to the global financial system

Free exchange

The Middle East’s economy is caught in the crossfire

When the map becomes the territory

Lab-grown models of embryos increasingly resemble the real thing

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Ground truths

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A golden age of TV is losing its shine 

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Surveillance, Inc.

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“King Lear” and the purpose of tragedy in dark times

The defeated

Hong Kong’s year of protest now feels like a mirage

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A new Beatles track is surprisingly soulful

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Matthew Perry changed the way America spoke

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