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Kindred Spirits or Pure Coincidence: Lorde and Marina Abramović

Lorde and Marina Abramović share a fearless, minimalist approach to art—using voice and body to confront emotion and truth.

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France Hunts Down Stolen Renoirs As Museum Roofs Leak

France can crack art thefts with DNA, yet its biggest museum still leaks and leaves security gaps.

Dead Internet: Yandex Outage and Infrastructure Power

The Yandex outage proved nothing about bots, but it showed that platforms profit from keeping online political chatter unmeasurable.

Portugal’s Record Heat Piles On Housing Anger

Portugal’s poorest households face record heat and the EU’s fastest-rising house prices, and they are starting to march.

Brussels Plays the Security Card Against China Cars

Surveillance fears hand Brussels respectable cover for shielding carmakers, leaving European drivers to pay through sluggish electric vehicle adoption.

Lebanon Abolishes Execution, America Plans to Broadcast One

Lebanon abolished the death penalty while America plans to broadcast an execution, and the numbers show both trends growing.