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The Week - Top Stories

talking points - Will business leaders face a backlash after the midterms? Corporate chiefs embraced President Donald Trump when he returned to the White House last year. Some wanted to avoid a crackdown, while others wanted to curry favor with the administration. Now, they are increasingly worried about consequences if Democrats take back control of Congress next week.'Ho...

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Morning Report -- Trump's topsy-turvy Comey retribution campaign

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Evening Review -- Will the AI bubble pop?

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Morning Report -- Brazil bucks Latin America's rightward drift

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Why younger generations are investing in childhood hobbies

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Online sports betting leads to more emergency room visits for gambling disorders

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How will a small-market World Series affect baseball's future? Today's Big Question - The Milwaukee-Tampa Bay Fall Classic could have ripple effects for years to come - Today's Big Question

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The fight to save Jodrell Bank Observatory -- The Explainer -- Pulling funding from world's third largest telescope is 'act of national self-harm', with planned cuts 'just the tip of the iceberg', say scientists

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Where are mortgage rates heading in 2027? -- The Explainer -- There is one clear direction: up

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The long path to Oxford Street's pedestrianisation -- The Explainer -- 150m transformation of the 'nation's high street' has come after decades of controversy

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A sexually transmitted stomach bug is spreading -- The explainer -- Shigellosis is also becoming harder to treat

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Will business leaders face a backlash after the midterms? -- Talking Points -- Democrats could investigate corporations close to the president

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Can the AI bubble avoid bursting? -- Talking Points -- Wall Street reassesses its tech exuberance

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Will Arsene Wenger run against Gianni Infantino? -- Talking Point -- Speculation is growing that Frenchman might try to unseat controversial Fifa president

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The best science-fiction thrillers of all time

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Road to nowhere: Malawi's deepening fuel crisis -- Under the Radar -- The southeast African nation has been hit by a currency shortage - and the nation's drivers are paying the price

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Turning over a new reef: AI could help save beaches -- Under the radar -- Artificial reefs can both monitor and restore coastlines

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Africa's AI challenge -- Under the Radar -- Togolese initiative highlights lack of African linguistic representation in AI machine learning

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Macklemore launching 'Free Palestine' concert tour -- Speed Read -- It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran's tour

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Trump administration runs taxpayer-funded 'love me' ad -- Speed Read -- Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

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Trump hosts Xi for lavish visit with few public gains -- Speed Read -- The two leaders have never gotten along better, Trump claimed

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China reportedly holds F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong -- Speed Read -- The parts were inexplicably diverted to the city, Bloomberg reported

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6 homes in the Greek Revival style -- feature -- Featuring a sunny spot in NOLA's Garden District and a Cape Cod house with a wraparound porch -- The Week US

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Trump accounts: A nest egg with strings attached -- Feature -- Setting children up for success or a billionaire tax write-off? -- The Week US

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Roy Lichtenstein: Like New -- Feature -- An exhibit at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art through May 10 -- The Week US

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Pangram: Can we trust AI detectors? -- Feature -- The tool can be helpful and harmful -- The Week US

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Naomi Alderman's 6 favorite books -- Feature -- The English novelist recommends works by Elizabeth Knox, John Wyndham, and Jorge Luis Borges -- The Week US

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Book reviews: 'The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East' and the 'Death of an Ordinary Man' -- Feature -- Simon Sebag Montefiore writes about the Middle East and a moving memoir about what the end of life looks like -- The Week US

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