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A new series attempts to integrate traditional Chinese cultural ideas with the Communist Party’s official Marxist ideology, with mixed results.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
An expert explains the relationship between the home office and the police.
Narges Mohammadi is being denied treatment for serious heart and lung issues.
Saudi Arabia is on track to host the football World Cup in 2034, raising concern among human rights campaigners.
Researchers spent months volunteering with Fans Supporting Foodbanks to see how left-behind communities were fighting food poverty.
Wartime photographs can be used for propaganda purposes.
Labour frontbencher Imran Hussain has resigned over the party’s failure to support a ceasefire in Gaza.
Moscow has pulled the plug on yet another safety valve preventing conflict with the west.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has held Egypt in an iron grip for a decade, but his regime’s close relations with Israel might prove a problem with voters.
Allowing people to consent to ‘conversion therapy’ would contradict UK and international law.
The UK imprisons more people than most of its western European neighbours and the conditions in its prisons are getting worse.
At present the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ruled out a ceasefire but may allow ‘little pauses’.
The monarch has to read the speech whether he agrees with it or not.
Famous faces sharing their struggles can inspire fans to seek help.
Blaming an entire nation for the actions of some of its people is unfair, unproductive and will perpetuate the hatred and suffering.
Ukraine needs some successes on the battlefield if it is to maintain international support.
The troubling unrest in Dagestan impresses upon us the need to learn from our history
Sea-level rises and storm surges don’t discriminate, but societal structures do.
Sunak wants everyone to be better at maths. Here’s what taking his own advice would mean for his election campaign.
Some of the best analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza.
Old-fashioned radio signals offer a way to broadcast news to war-torn areas.
Accents are not inherently easy or difficult to comprehend. Rather, the lack of exposure people have to a variety of accents causes communication difficulties.
Lebanon has problems enough of its own without a major conflict on its border.