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How a home-improvement subsidy is wrecking Italy’s public finances
Government largesse is costing taxpayers
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Why are embassies supposed to be inviolable?
Ecuador’s raid on a Mexican embassy challenges a central principle of diplomacy
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Why the Moon needs its own time
The seconds really do pass more quickly up there
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Why it is so rare to see a total solar eclipse
The Great North American eclipse should be cherished, because total eclipses will not happen for ever
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How to define artificial general intelligence
Academics and tech entrepreneurs disagree. A court may soon decide
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Gaza could face a famine by May. What does that mean?
Some parts of the strip are already experiencing “catastrophic hunger”
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What is the Islamic State Khorasan Province?
The group that claimed responsibility for the Crocus City Hall attack is a growing threat to Russia—and the West
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Will Texas succeed in enforcing its own immigration law?
The state’s latest challenge to the federal government’s powers, SB4, is in limbo
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Might Russia run out of big guns?
Its armed forces may be out-shelling the Ukrainians—but they are wearing out their artillery
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How can democracies respond to rigged elections?
A host of Western countries reject the results of Russia’s sham election