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Lula wins a ‘miracle’ election in Brazil. Now comes the hard part: putting the country back on the right track
Three weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political obituaries had all been written.
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- Science
Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution
In September 2018, China Daily ran a story that found its way to my desk. It featured the photograph of a beautifully preserved fossil skull with huge brow-ridges, with a caption speculating – wrongly, as it would turn out – that it belonge…
- Culture
The Crucible: Arthur Miller’s morality tale was as much a reaction to his own marital failings as it was to the ‘red scare’
Written at the height of the cold war “red scare”, Arthur Miller’s 1952 play The Crucible was a retelling of the 17th-century Salem witch trials (1692-93) which soon became the classic parable of mass hysteria.
- Government
How Lula turned four lessons from the presidential elections in Colombia into a comeback in Brazil’s Sunday runoff
On the night of last 4 October, Brazil’s left woke up to the scenario it had discredited for months. Far right senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished the first round in the country’s presidential election roughly two million votes ahead of Presi…
- Government
Brazil’s election puts at risk country’s role as a bulwark against Trump interventionism in the Americas
On Oct. 25, Brazilians will return to the polls for the second round of the presidential election. The results will matter not only for the future of country itself, but also for the region and the world.
- Science
America’s death penalty: why executions are rising again
After two decades of decline, the number of executions in the United States began rising sharply again in 2025. Last year, 47 people were put to death – the highest number in more than 15 years.
- Culture
Hokusai’s Great Wave is one of 46 prints of Mount Fuji – seeing them together changes everything
When I first saw Katsushika Hokusai’s Clear Day with a Southern Breeze (also known as Red Fuji, 1830-1833), I was struck by its lustrous red resonating against the receding blue of the sky.
HealthNapoleon can be partly blamed for Gen Z’s weightlifting obsession – here’s why
More than one quarter of young adults in Britain now say their gym memberships matter more to them than holidays or eating out.
TechnologyA critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked
Details have been published of a critical flaw in the programming language PHP, which is the backbone of more than 70% of all websites.
- Government
Palestinian citizens face a painful choice in Israel’s election: To vote or not
Elections are typically framed as a choice for voters. For Palestinian citizens of Israel, however, the country’s national ballots pose more of a dilemma.
- Government
How a US political venture capital firm is trying to influence Brazil’s election
In the first round of Brazil’s elections on Oct. 4, 2026, Flávio Bolsonaro, of the right wing Liberal Party (PL), came in first with 47.03% of the valid votes, compared to 45.16% for the current leftist president and Workers’ Party (PT) can…
- Government
As French protests escalate into riots, they may prove a gift for Marine Le Pen’s right-wing party
Mass protests in France have spiralled into riots, with between 500,000 and 800,000 demonstrators in cities and towns across the country, most of them students.