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Who funded the midterms? Inside US elections’ historic bipartisan spending
Major changes in US law and industry have shifted the sources of large contributions to political campaigns – and how much they spend
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Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine
Sites like Kalshi and Polymarket offer faux populism as elites reap the benefits – and voters risk being misled Online betting is a bit like Donald Trump. The prediction markets – platforms where users bet on whether events will occur – pretend to be populist, pushing the nabobs aside and representing the “wisdom of the crowd”. “This data is bottom-up, not elites-driven,” a Kalshi spokesperson told Reuters. But in fact, the markets are controlled by a few, skillful traders. Continue reading...
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International
From puregatory to lifehoarding – how best to describe our strange, anxious times?
The new words that end up a part of everyday speech can tell us a lot about the zeitgeist. In a world changing faster than ever, we need to coin some more, writes Emma Beddington
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International
The pet I’ll never forget: the tiny horse with a big personality – who helps psychiatric patients
Black Pearl is a therapy animal, who works with military veterans. This sweet show-off has completely changed my life
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Blockhead review – struggling novelist embraces his inner monster in comic thriller of literary machismo
Writer-director Matt Harlock looks into ego and insecurity in a smart film about a BritLit bad boy who goes down a grisly road
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Australia omit Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc for England white-ball series
Australia's star pace trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will not feature in the upcoming white-ball series against England.
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Australia omit star pace trio for England series
Australia's star pace trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will not feature in the upcoming white-ball series against England.
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International
Derretimento de gelo revela múmias e estradas vikings - BBC News Brasil
Derretimento revelou desde corpos preservados de homens da Idade do Cobre até trilhas usadas por vikings.
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International
DEM Parti: 'Kent uzlaşısı' ile seçilenler partiye katılacak - BBC News Türkçe
DEM Parti, 31 Mart 2024 yerel seçimlerindeki kent uzlaşısı stratejisi kampasında seçilen belediye meclis üyelerinin partiye katılacağını açıkladı.
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International
OMS: les Etats membres doivent contribuer davantage, estime le candidat indonésien
Le ministre indonésien de la Santé, candidat à la direction de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, s'est dit favorable à une augmentation des contributions obligatoires des pays à l'OMS, fragilisée…
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International
Israel army withdraws after Hebron operation
Israeli troops withdrew on Monday from an area of the occupied West Bank's largest city that they had evacuated of its Palestinian residents, following an attack that killed two soldiers in October.
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International
How a Russian satellite came close to "posing a threat" to a satellite used by Ukraine
A Russian satellite called "Cosmos-2612" approached a commercial satellite called Iceye-X36 used by the Ukrainian armed forces in a way that was considered a "threat" according to the classification of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This maneuver is…
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