International
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Once more unto the data breach
How ransomware could cripple countries, not just companies
Experts think 2023 was a record year for digital attacks
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Red alert in the Red Sea
A new Suez crisis threatens the world economy
Global shipping firms are suspending voyages in the Red Sea
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COP28 concludes
Climate talks at last lead to a deal on cutting fossil-fuel use
The historic agreement emerged only through bitter compromise
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PISA tests
The pandemic’s toll on schooling emerges in awful new exam results
Grades in rich countries were sliding even before covid-19 spread
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Islamism on the edge
A religious revolution is under way in the Middle East
Can it survive the Gaza war?
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Fighting for survival
Many small islands have no room for manoeuvre at COP28
Simply put, their goal is staving off annihilation
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Everything, everywhere, all at once
From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
How diplomats and generals are running out of bandwidth
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New arrivals, old problems
Why migration is in such a mess once more
Violence and poverty are pushing the desperate towards jobs and safety
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Social media are not real life
Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest
In properly weighted opinion polls, support for the Palestinians is much less marked
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Views of the Middle East
The culture war over the Gaza war
The conflict is raging on streets and screens in the West
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From defence to offence
The three steps on America’s ladder of military escalation
Could America be dragged back into another Middle East war?