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China’s leader harbours no such hopes as he makes his second visit to North Korea, from June 8th to 9th. One of his main ...

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The Franco-German link was forged around an implicit equilibrium: France carries the military burden, while Germany provides ...

For players and fans, even whole countries, winning the World Cup is a secular rapture. One team and nation will experience ...

Six centuries later tight-lipped priests are once again being tested—this time in America’s state legislatures. Various state ...

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W HEN EUROPEAN regulators were tweaking the continent’s wholesale electricity markets some years ago, they added a price ...

To be published in America by St Martin’s Press in September; $33 How do you measure the greatness of Alexander the Great?

In “Among the Thugs” an American journalist follows a group of lager-gargling, bottle-throwing Manchester United fans, who ...