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“We need tobe good stewards of our planet. But that doesn’t mean I need to do away with my gas vehicle and drive an electric vehicle with a battery from China,” said Kristina Karamo, the chair of the Republican Party in Michigan, on September 22nd. America’s Democrats, she warned, are trying to “convince us that if we don’t centralise power in the government, the planet is gonna die. That seems like one of the biggest scams [since] Darwinian evolution.”

This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “The anti-climate backlash begins”

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“WE WILL OBLITERATEHamas. We will triumph. It might take time, but we will end this war stronger than ever.” The words of Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, are intended not only to convey resolve, but also to signal thathis war in Gazais different. No longer is Israel aiming to punish and deterHamas. Now it wants to destroy it altogether.

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONis taxing governments on both sides of the Atlantic. The maritime migration route between west Africa and the Canary Islands, a passage so dangerous it was avoided for years, is back in use: some 30,000 people have attempted the crossing so far in 2023. Countries like Germany, once friendly to asylum-seekers, are slashing benefits and hastening deportations. This year half a million people may traverse the Darién Gap, part of the isthmus that links Colombia to Panama, to reach the United States. That is more than four times as many as attempted the crossing throughout the 2010s.

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Sweden is banning OnlyFans content as the lines around sex work blur

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After decades of rising secularism, Christianity is holding its ground—and gaining among the young

An Israel-Hamaswar in Gaza threatens to spread across the Middle East, with America and Iran facing off in the background. The Ukraine war, Europe’s largest since 1945, shows no sign of ending. Chinese jets and warships now menace Taiwan in growing numbers and with increasing frequency. Looming elections on the island are likely to bring more tension. Civil conflict in Mali, Myanmar and Sudan has worsened in recent weeks, too.

This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Everything, everywhere, all at once”

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Sweden is banning OnlyFans content as the lines around sex work blur

It is meekly welcoming the new sheriff’s vigilante justice

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Donald Trump prefers deals to regime change

After decades of rising secularism, Christianity is holding its ground—and gaining among the young