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Chinese borrowers default in record numbers as economic crisis deepens
More than 8mn people blacklisted by authorities after missed payments on mortgages and business loans
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Is the American dream really dead?
Has US economic stagnation destroyed the myth of an ever-better life for its citizens? David Leonhardt argues that it has
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In search of the real Nelson Mandela
A decade after the death of the former president, and amid growing disenchantment with the ANC, South Africans are questioning the one-dimensional figure of popular myth
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US warns that Israel risks ‘strategic defeat’ unless it protects civilians in Gaza
Comments by defence secretary Lloyd Austin highlight tensions between allies over mounting fatalities
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Fossil fuel companies sign up to emissions reduction pact at UN climate conference
Methane, renewable and nuclear pledges made at COP28 in Dubai
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Shattered Israel-Hamas truce leaves Gaza’s civilians with nowhere left to run
Exhausted population ordered to move again as Israeli bombardment returns
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Richard Branson rules out further investment in Virgin Galactic
UK entrepreneur says his business empire no longer has ‘the deepest pockets’
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The untimely death of the funeral
The rise of direct cremations might save money, but what would mourners lose?
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