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Security-driven approach to trade clashes with western corporate interests and environmental targets
Centrists in both parties back agreement to raise borrowing limit despite opposition of hardliners
Democrats and Republicans have made compromises to head off a damaging default
Tokyo puts ballistic missile defences on alert after Pyongyang signals imminent launch of military satellite
Prime minister sets July date after resounding defeat for his Socialists at hands of centre-right
Veteran leader faces economic reckoning after defeating rivals in Sunday’s presidential election
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has little time to bask in his electoral triumph
Russian-backed separatist enclave of Transnistria is increasingly reliant on western trade after Kyiv closed its border
Bola Tinubu will face an overflowing in-tray following his inauguration on Monday
Immigration influx brings a highly skilled workforce that is eager to integrate
Time is running out to convince sceptical lawmakers to pass bill to raise borrowing limit
Results are blow to prime minister Pedro Sánchez but victorious PP will need hard-right Vox party to govern
Pooling of tens of thousands of funds would drive investment in business, think-tank says
Official results show veteran leader beat rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in bitter presidential run-off
Initiative aims to curb rampant food price inflation but has split Tory party and angered supermarkets
Union says it would be self-defeating for the UK to abandon domestic production
Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Westminster is at long last stemming the flows of illicit wealth into Britain’s capital
Western polities are ailing — deliberative assemblies would revivify them
President accepts a compromise that could anger some Democrats in the hope of avoiding economic calamity
Biden and McCarthy agree on terms to raise borrowing limit but must still convince sceptical members of their parties
President and Republican House leader try to narrow differences as talks to avoid US default drag on
Contrasting fates of Israeli spyware-makers Paragon and NSO reveal how American support is crucial in $12bn industry
Drinks industry says Edinburgh’s deposit return programme is impractical
New estimate of default date provides lawmakers with a little more breathing room as they attempt to reach a deal
A sprawling system of influence and state largesse helps to explain the Turkish president’s popularity with voters
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