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How far do the European Union’s military ambitions go?

I MAGINE TELLING a European bureaucrat from the 1990s what the European Union, conceived as a peace project, would be doing ...
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The strange, multicultural slang of Toronto’s teenagers

Their sentences are similarly strange, flecked with terms like “gerbert” and “two-twos”. Asked about Shoreham, a nearby ...
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Taiwan and China are preparing for a summit, of sorts

H ISTORY CASTS a long shadow over relations between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang ( KMT ), which ruled China ...
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As more states legalise gambling, what next for Las Vegas?

Tempting people to come to Las Vegas is getting harder. For decades, Nevada enjoyed a near-monopoly on gambling. That was ...
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Britain’s government wants an important job to be done badly

Britain's government plans to end visa-free entry for skilled migrant sheep-shearers from Australia and New Zealand, despite ...