Editor's Take
Europe Is Being Rewritten. Here’s What That Actually Looks Like
From Budapest to Rome to Beijing: How Europe’s Political Certainties Collapsed in One Week
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P&G Put a Woman in Charge of Razors. Then It Handed the Rest to Men
P&G had promised a woman would run it someday. This year the company that banks on women made sure someday got further away, handing beauty, babies and tampons to men and a razor to a woman.
The Cockroaches Would Like A Word
India's youth were called cockroaches. They made the slur a movement, the movement memes, women at the frontline. Now the state and traditionalists fear what they can't police: women who won't behave.
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New York, New York
Clash of the Headlines: UNGA Drama Meets Keep Calm & Carry On
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Guest Column
From Moscow with Mischief: Reality Bites
Hot Summer, Hotter Headlines & What to do about a problem like Putin?
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“I told ya so.”
It’s been a week that’s surprised U.S. pundits and pollsters! The Democrats have won 50 seats, leaving 49 for Republicans.
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Leadership Briefing
Shelf life of a lettuce - How not to lead
Today marks 41 days of Liz Truss being Prime Minister of these great isles. And crikey in that short time, she’s managed more U-Turns and national economic destruction
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Climate & Environment
Regenerating the planet
All those Americans weren’t just in town to drink the copious and strong Bavarian beer at Oktoberfest. Many were doing double duty early in the week, at the Bits and Pretzels.
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Thank you for your service Ma’am
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 70 years is a long time to lead! We cannot think of another who could elicit such grief from her people, after such a long rule.
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