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EUROPE
Putting Out the Fires in Europe: Climate’s North-South Gap
Fires engulf forests from Greece to Spain with a important signal for Europe splitting along climate lines.
LIFESTYLE
Tourists Under Fire: Europe’s North-South Economic Divide Alight
From Barcelona to Naplea, protests against tourists expose how single-sector dependence is strangling southern European communities.
WORLD
Modi’s Vision of India Comes Up Against the South
Southern India's economic tigers are showing their teeth as Modi's plans to redraw electoral maps threaten to shift power toward his northern strongholds.
WORLD
Nile Tensions: South Sudan at Risk of Renewed Conflict
Seven years after a hard-won peace, South Sudan teeters toward chaos as President Kiir's firing of the Upper Nile governor fuels VP Machar's fury and militia violence.
Popular
Super Intelligence: The Datacentre Is the New Science Lab
As Europe funds brilliant laboratories, are datacentre owners harvesting the discoveries?
Strasbourg Naked Golden Trump Trolls the Monument Tradition
A naked golden Trump in Strasbourg shows how statues, once made to flatter rulers, now serve to roast them.
Hanning Affair Hurts German Intel Cred
Germany's ex-spymaster undermined allied confidence and gave Moscow-friendly politicians a talking point.
Rubio Cherry-Picks Ancient Greece to Sell Modern Nationalism
Rubio urged the West to copy ancient Greek loyalty, yet ancient Athens thrived on argument, dissent and noisy assemblies.
Young Voters Could Decide France’s Next President
Hate-speech allegations bruise Bardella and energise Mélenchon, but household finances and young-voter turnout will determine who wins France's presidency.
