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Cautionary Tales – The Halloween Poisoner

Candy laced with cyanide and needles in marshmallows, we’ve long been warned to be suspicious of the sweet treats handed out by strangers at Halloween. But it seems that most stories of “Halloween sadism” are just that, stories. No child

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The great decoupling with China will reshape markets

Investors should brace for more tensions after Xi strengthens power at party congress

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Liz Truss’s growth delusion

There is a fashionable line of attack against Liz Truss’s single-minded focus on growth: what about the poor? What about the planet? In chasing GDP growth, this critique runs, Truss shows herself to be a politician who knows the price of everything and th

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Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount

How will China’s leader handle the private sector, the property crisis and Taiwan?

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