Both the World Bank and the IMF have warned against adopting bitcoin. Why is El Salvador doing it? https://t.co/udjxyMsG8N

Although other franchises have tried to emulate Marvel’s model over the past decade, none have succeeded https://t.co/hV6GR8slZw

The pandemic has forced technology to be more integrated into American classrooms. The experience has refined what edtech is really for https://t.co/Q9JO4iU2QG

Even after being rooted out of its eastern strongholds, in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nuristan provinces, the ISKP has managed to strike in Afghan cities https://t.co/pRvtL3C7tG

The latest results from our poll with YouGov indicates that 60% of adults think teachers should be required to be vaccinated against covid-19—more than twice the proportion who think they should not. Explore our interactive poll tracker  https://t.co/f0ycbNIdMK

You might not think black tea has much in common with beer, kimchi or yoghurt. But as @mattkaplan12 explains on “The Intelligence”, the flavour of a good cuppa lies in fermentation https://t.co/IQtem4Z4fx https://t.co/h1ZV3F3zWo

Rarely do you get to witness geopolitical shifts. The new AUKUS deal is one of those times https://t.co/FR7UsXEb3k

The Chelsea Flower Show opens in London this week, under the shadow of covid-19 https://t.co/xtc3oHDPCC

Angela Merkel has at times seemed more monarch than chancellor. Her departure will leave a big hole in Germany—and much for her successor to do. Our latest special report  https://t.co/0RZIwjN7B4 https://t.co/tbGDdHPvnw

“So” and “right” have joined “like” as much-criticised discourse markers, but they are beloved of some of the most influential people on the planet https://t.co/SGbg6pf0El

De Beauvoir wrote “Inseparable”, a thinly fictionalised account of her friendship with Elisabeth Lacoin, in 1954 but hid it in a drawer https://t.co/XCSyS73RiL

Law expert @maryrziegler tells “Checks and Balance” it’s in Democrats’ and Republicans’ interest to take an extreme stance in the abortion debate: “both political parties believe that only people who care the most about it will ever vote based on abortion” https://t.co/ebkEX7aCcS https://t.co/doEDvuOIui

Preliminary results in Russia’s parliamentary elections showed that President Vladimir Putin’s party won almost 50% of the vote. Alternative candidates have faced crackdown. In May @1843mag profiled one of them: Alexei Navalny
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Both Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King came to be revered for their principles and courage, but were first, and for years, reviled for them. From Back Story, our new culture column
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The moment that Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, described the new American-Australian sub deal as a “stab in the back”, the anger in Paris was plain https://t.co/g2dPRMC0cV

The plain-spoken finance minister from Hamburg is a serious contender to replace Angela Merkel #BTW21 https://t.co/Z4DluFR1SY

The mandate will only work if it remains in effect. Yet the politics of masks and vaccines make it more vulnerable https://t.co/5douF9GXsA

As the Taliban in Kabul ponder whether to allow their female compatriots to study, it is worth reflecting on why this matters so much https://t.co/9dp4QSviqE

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