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Facebook failed to limit QAnon
The QAnon movement has proved extremely adept at evading detection on Facebook under the platform's new restrictions.
- 5 mins ago
- Sheera Frenkel and Tiffany Hsu
Johnson edges closer to second national lockdown
The UK's virus alert rating was raised on Monday to level four, signifying that it is in general circulation, with transmission high or rising exponentially.
- 40 mins ago
- Stephen Castle
Biden bashes Trump's leadership on pandemic in Wisconsin
"He froze. He failed to act. He panicked," Joe Biden said of Donald Trump's response to the pandemic.
- 1 hr ago
- Trevor Hunnicutt
Seven things to watch out for from Elon Musk at Tesla's 'Battery Day'
The electric car company CEO is about to take centre stage at an event he has hinted about for months – and which has helped raise the company's huge valuation.
- 1 hr ago
- Dana Hull and Akshat Rathi
New York, Seattle, Portland reject characterisation as anarchies
"The President is playing cheap political games," the mayors of the three cities said.
- Tina Davis and Henry Goldman
Spain faces an unusual problem: how to spend billions in crisis funds
In a country that has not managed to approve a full-year budget since 2016 because of a prolonged political paralysis, the need to suddenly absorb extra cash is a challenge.
- Belén Carreño
Opinion & Analysis
Why Gen X is the new bastion of America's Republican vote
The generation that came of age in the stability of the Reagan era is not as tempted by the left as are Baby Boomers and Millennials.
Contributor
AIIB walks the talk on multilateralism
The institution still widely perceived to be 'China's bank' has rallied around nations brought low by the coronavirus, but Japan and the US show no signs of coming to the party.
Contributor
The new series of Brexit isn't a patch on last year's
There was supposed to be a showdown this week, but the plot is too technical and all the old narrative devices have lost their vim.
Europe correspondent
Get ready for the great American court war
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death will tear America even further apart when it may least be able to cope, testing the very foundations of its most important institutions.
United States correspondent
From the Financial Times
The six most likely to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg
These are the frontrunners on Donald Trump's long list of federal judges, former Trump administration officials and Republican senators.
- Kadhim Shubber
- Opinion
- World politics
Suga rush is sour for some Japanese equities
Pundits are bracketing the new Prime Minister as the continuity incumbent. But it will not feel like that to unpopular mobile operators and favoured regional banks.
- Updated
- The Lex Column
Thais question king’s spending as economy takes hit from COVID-19
Thailand’s royal family has amassed an airline-sized fleet of 38 jets and helicopters, a leading opposition figure has disclosed.
- John Reed
Yesterday
- Opinion
- US election
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Why Gen X is the new bastion of America's Republican vote
The generation that came of age in the stability of the Reagan era is not as tempted by the left as are Baby Boomers and Millennials.
- Ross Douthat
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Biden appeal on court vote: 'cool the flames engulfing your country'
Democrats say that if the party regains the Senate majority 'everything is on the table', a sign of the increasingly bitter contest ahead.
- Jacob Greber
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Gas companies are abandoning their wells to leak methane forever
One orphaned site could have emitted more than 30 tons of the potent greenhouse vapour. There are millions more like it. If CO₂ is a bullet, methane is a bomb.
- Mya Frazier
This Month
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Indian police arrest journalist they say spied for China
The police say local journalist Rajeev Sharma has admitted passing on information on India-China boundary issues and other matters in recent years.
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More Hong Kong judges tipped to quit over national security fears
The resignation of a prominent Australian judge from Hong Kong's top court has shocked the city's legal community and raised fears others will follow.
- Michael Smith
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Thai protesters challenge monarchy as huge protests escalate
Protesters have grown ever bolder during two months of demonstrations against Thailand's palace and military-dominated establishment.
- Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Matthew Tostevin
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Ginsburg saw raw racism and discrimination long before joining court
A champion of women's rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a lawyer's lawyer, precise and careful with her words, and one who never failed to express her thoughts.
- David G. Savage
- Opinion
- Asia-Pacific
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AIIB walks the talk on multilateralism
The institution still widely perceived to be 'China's bank' has rallied around nations brought low by the coronavirus, but Japan and the US show no signs of coming to the party.
- Chris Legg
- Analysis
- Brexit chaos
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The new series of Brexit isn't a patch on last year's
There was supposed to be a showdown this week, but the plot is too technical and all the old narrative devices have lost their vim.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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The six most likely to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg
These are the frontrunners on Donald Trump's long list of federal judges, former Trump administration officials and Republican senators.
- Kadhim Shubber
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Trump to name Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement 'extremely soon'
President Donald Trump says he has a strong shortlist of candidates and that he had an obligation to Americans who voted for him to install a replacement for Justice Ginsburg regardless of the presidential vote.
- Jacob Greber
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Lockdown looms in Britain as Johnson admits to second wave
COVID-19 hospital admissions are doubling every 8 days, and one in five Britons is now already in enhanced lockdown.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
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Get ready for the great American court war
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death will tear America even further apart when it may least be able to cope, testing the very foundations of its most important institutions.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
The US Supreme Court justice died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.
- Updated
- Mark Sherman
- Analysis
- US votes 2020
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At the Big Pineapple of politics, trust in Trump is absolute
At the 'Trump House' in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a mother of eight painted her farmhouse in America's national colours. Think of it as the Big Pineapple of politics.
- Jacob Greber
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Virus pulls down Trump, and Republican senators too
Joe Biden led Donald Trump by wide margins in Arizona and Maine, in a The New York Times and Siena College poll. They were even in North Carolina.
- Alexander Burns and Matt Stevens
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US visit to Taiwan set to inflame China tensions
China stepped up military drills near the Taiwan Strait on Friday following the arrival of a senior US State Department official in Taipei.
- Michael Smith
- Analysis
- Australia's China challenge
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Australians in China weigh up political risk as tensions rise
As Australia's political relationship with China hits new lows, what does this mean for the hundreds of companies with operations in the world's second-largest economies.
- Michael Smith
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James Spigelman leaves Hong Kong's top court
Australian judge James Spigelman has resigned from the territory's high court in what is seen as the latest blow to the city's rule of law.
- Updated
- Michael Smith