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    Is it the end of the WTO as we know it? Donald Trump has put global trade in danger, but it can be saved. Our cover this week

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    Goals at the World Cup are not necessarily a good indicator of a footballer's future impact

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    George Sand’s unfinished legacy

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    Is one of Britain’s grandest stately homes an appropriate setting for the artworks of an avant-garde maverick? From

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    Goldman Sachs's lame-duck period is over

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    An underground lake has been found on Mars. The Economist's science and technology correspondent explains how it was discovered on our "Babbage" podcast

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    The obvious candidate is Jens Weidmann, boss of the Bundesbank. But the job is not in the bag

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    Viewers may well be appalled not just by the brainwashing and cultishness on display, but by the matter-of-fact callousness

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    Many girls only feel valued when they act sexually

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    For investors, the safest bets include student nurses, plumbers or computer programmers

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    Inequality and public concern about it are increasing, but politicians seem less interested

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    China's central bank and finance ministry are feuding

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    Plutonium was meant for use in Japan's nuclear reactors, but most of these have been offline since 2011's Fukushima disaster

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    In a region cursed with rampant cronyism, any move to silence criticism of the mighty is worrying

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    The trial was a sensation. "Blood and Ivy" tells how 7,000 spectators moved through the court in shifts on the first day alone

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    Pierce Brosnan has said that “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” offers a “great antidote to the times we live in”

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    Donald Trump's assault on the multilateral rules-based system threatens decades of trade liberalisation

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    Humans aside, no species on Earth has a more complex society than that of elephants

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    Polygamy is still common in Africa, the Islamic world and parts of Asia. It makes civil war more likely

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    Why it is difficult to regulate 3D-printed guns

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    The Cook Islands has good reason to worry that the good times may not last

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