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TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL story - Netanyahu loses majority in unsettled Israeli election - What happenedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost his governing majority in yesterday's national elections, according to early results and exit polls. But the opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot (pictured above right), was also far short of the 61 Knesset seats needed to form a governmen...

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Evening Review -- A corporate reckoning

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Morning Report -- Trump's topsy-turvy Comey retribution campaign

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Evening Review -- Will the AI bubble pop?

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Why younger generations are investing in childhood hobbies

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Online sports betting leads to more emergency room visits for gambling disorders

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How will a small-market World Series affect baseball's future? Today's Big Question - The Milwaukee-Tampa Bay Fall Classic could have ripple effects for years to come - Today's Big Question

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What is 'circadian depression'? -- The Explainer -- Scientists suggest one in four people with depression could fall into new subtype linked to a disrupted body clock

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The fight to save Jodrell Bank Observatory -- The Explainer -- Pulling funding from world's third largest telescope is 'act of national self-harm', with planned cuts 'just the tip of the iceberg', say scientists

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Where are mortgage rates heading in 2027? -- The Explainer -- There is one clear direction: up

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The long path to Oxford Street's pedestrianisation -- The Explainer -- 150m transformation of the 'nation's high street' has come after decades of controversy

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Can Manchester United stop the rot? -- Talking Point -- From serial champions to 'rotten institution', the club's priority now should be 'to think big again, and invest big'

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Will business leaders face a backlash after the midterms? -- Talking Points -- Democrats could investigate corporations close to the president

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Can the AI bubble avoid bursting? -- Talking Points -- Wall Street reassesses its tech exuberance

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The One About Matthew Perry: a 'thoughtful and genuinely intimate' portrait

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The best science-fiction thrillers of all time

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'Japanese chess' elite accepts first female player -- Under the Radar -- Tomoka Nishiyama breaks through male-dominated shogi ceiling

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Road to nowhere: Malawi's deepening fuel crisis -- Under the Radar -- The southeast African nation has been hit by a currency shortage - and the nation's drivers are paying the price

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Turning over a new reef: AI could help save beaches -- Under the radar -- Artificial reefs can both monitor and restore coastlines

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Macklemore launching 'Free Palestine' concert tour -- Speed Read -- It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran's tour

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Trump administration runs taxpayer-funded 'love me' ad -- Speed Read -- Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

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Trump hosts Xi for lavish visit with few public gains -- Speed Read -- The two leaders have never gotten along better, Trump claimed

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China reportedly holds F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong -- Speed Read -- The parts were inexplicably diverted to the city, Bloomberg reported

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'US meddling' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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6 homes in the Greek Revival style -- feature -- Featuring a sunny spot in NOLA's Garden District and a Cape Cod house with a wraparound porch -- The Week US -- Published

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Trump accounts: A nest egg with strings attached -- Feature -- Setting children up for success or a billionaire tax write-off? -- The Week US -- Published

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Roy Lichtenstein: Like New -- Feature -- An exhibit at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art through May 10 -- The Week US -- Published

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Pangram: Can we trust AI detectors? -- Feature -- The tool can be helpful and harmful -- The Week US -- Published

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Naomi Alderman's 6 favorite books -- Feature -- The English novelist recommends works by Elizabeth Knox, John Wyndham, and Jorge Luis Borges -- The Week US -- Published

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