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Sunak and Starmer clashed over the cost of living, immigration and the NHS. The Conversation’s expert analysis puts their claims into context.
European citizens have remarkably similar preferences on asylum policy, including being strongly in favour of asylum seekers being allowed to work.
Inter Milan become the latest elite European football club to be taken over by a US investor.
Josef K. has no idea what he has been charged for and his nightmarish quest to find out why remains as powerful as ever.
Research from political science shows that rightwing voters respond to narratives that harken back to a better time.
Moderates are likely to be shut out of the race for the presidency, now seen as a stepping stone to Iran’s top job.
Narendra Modi and his BJP have some introspection to do after poorer election results than they had expected.
Both the Conservatives and Labour have promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT should they win the election – but most voters don’t believe them.
From stories of Irish mothers to Shakespearean actors in the West Bank, this year’s shortlist is as varied as ever.
When many are struggling to makes ends meet, the idea that multi-millionaire sportsmen are too busy to spend their wealth seems hard to swallow – but it shows that reward doesn’t protect wellbeing
Tattoos are extremely popular, but we still don’t know what the long-term risks are.
The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
Having dominated South Africa’s political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.
Fashions in architecture are, more or less, generational. So, the reappraisal of brutalism – a once-reviled style of architecture – is now virtually complete
People who spend time with those who are different often get better at empathy.
Study shows that even people who didn’t vote for Boris Johnson in 2019 were swayed by his grin.
As Mexico elects its new president, gang violence continues to sprawl.
His characters struggle to find adequate nourishment.
There have been plenty of shocking images, shareable graphics and heartbreaking stories of the conflict shared to social media. So why has this particular image gone viral?
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