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This handout picture by an Artemis II crew member provided by NASA shows the moon through a window of the Orion spacecraft.

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The crew of Artemis II is returning to a planet they have cheered up

The mission has recaptured some of the enthusiasm of early lunar flights

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Could private credit trigger the next financial crisis?

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

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Will China benefit from Trump’s war?

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

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Lessons for the world from tiny Hungary

A regime loved by MAGA may soon lose power. That matters

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How China hopes to win from the war

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

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Illustration of cockroaches made out of 100 dollar bills

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How worried should you be about private credit?

Its humbling could raise borrowing costs

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United States Marines conduct a simulated reconnaissance and surveillance mission.

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The perils of a ground war in Iran

Donald Trump may send in troops. Does he know what to do with them?

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S&P 500 Index information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, USA.

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Index providers should not bend the rules for Elon Musk

They will only expose ordinary investors to unnecessary risks

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Why energy bail-outs will do more harm than good

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

06:11

Sheep beside solar panels in England

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England has shown the world how to replace farm subsidies

A rare Brexit dividend

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Advantage Iran

A month of bombing has achieved nothing. Will Donald Trump escalate, or talk?

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Illustration of a row of buildings merging into each other, with an EU flag on the top of the middle one

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Europe should think twice before weakening its merger rules

A strict competition policy is not the barrier to bigger firms

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