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Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More
Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.
How to Make AI More Useful
The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world.
Canada Seeks New Trade Partners in Asia After Trump’s Blowup
Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to decrease Ottawa’s dependence on Washington.
Is the U.S. Ready for War With China?
U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma.
Plush Power
How Labubu dolls became China’s first contemporary cultural export.
What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Oct. 18: Japan swears in its first female prime minister, Russia conducts military drills, and a museum heist stuns France.
‘A House of Dynamite’ Isn’t Explosive Enough
Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation.
It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World
A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.
Trump’s Anti-Worker Foreign Policy
By cutting U.S. support for labor rights around the globe, Washington is hurting workers at home and abroad.
Even Doomsday Will Divide Us
Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” interrogates how the have-nots get by in a climate catastrophe.
Indian Farmers Struggle as Climate Change Warps Landscape
Once-thriving crops are poorly adapting to new temperatures.
Is Bolivia Ready for Paz?
The conservative president-elect has an economic crisis in his inbox.
Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths
China’s complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.
For Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a Reset
Going back to first principles has until recently spooked many diplomats.
The Difficult Art of Bibi-Sitting
The Trump administration is working to uphold the fragile Gaza cease-fire.