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Keir Starmer the lawyer: rational, diligent, ruthless
How an illustrious legal career laid the groundwork for Labour leader’s life as a politician
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Democrats contemplate the unthinkable: nudging aside Joe Biden
The first lady may hold the decisive vote on whether the president stays in the race
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Warren Buffett to bequeath vast wealth to new foundation upon death
The billionaire investor ends nearly two decades of gifts to the Gates Foundation for a new charity led by his children
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Iran set for presidential run-off between a reformist and a hardliner
No candidate was able to achieve 50% of the vote after a record low turnout
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Hong Kong’s exclusive clubs rocked by economic slowdown and expat exodus
Prices on secondary market for lifetime memberships continue to slide post-pandemic as city’s troubles squeeze demand
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Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella — the French far right’s dream ‘ticket’?
The party leader anointed her youthful protégé as prime minister in waiting but office may come sooner than either expected
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What Britain gets right
It is an unhappy country that votes next week, but also a modern and stabilising one
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A very British history of elections
As voters prepare to head to the polls, Simon Schama reflects on campaigns through the centuries and their depiction in great art




