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Remember the two-state solution? Trump doesn’t

Israel’s right-wing government is intensifying its half-century-long campaign to take over the West Bank fully by unleashing bands of settler militias to harass Palestinian residents, destroy their homes and livelihoods and restrict their movement throughout the occupied

Asia

Bank Indonesia drama shows why rupiah is plunging

TOKYO — Investors hoping President Prabowo Subianto might learn from Indonesia’s past economic mistakes should get used to disappointment. Since taking office in October 2024, Prabowo has worked to drag Southeast Asia’s biggest economy back into its past. Which past is

Asia

Ninajirachi & Porter Robinson – “WannaCry”

The Australian maximalist Ninajirachi one of the most exciting new electronic pop artists going. Her album I Love My Computer cracked our list of last year's best , and we named her one of 2025's best new artists too. So it was a bummer when she soundtracked an ad for Meta's AI

Music

Africa: China's World Cup Victory Without a Team

[Independent (Kampala)] The irony could hardly be greater. China, a country that has struggled for decades to become a football powerhouse, did not feature at the expanded 48-team FIFA World Cup in North America. China has only played at the 2002 World Cup in its history.

Trump hits lowest point in YouGov poll since return to office

President Trump’s approval rating has hit its lowest mark in the poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov since he returned to office last year. In the poll, 34 percent of respondents said that they either “somewhat” or “strongly” back Trump’s job performance, while 62 percent