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The pianist who reduces conductors to tears

Yunchan Lim's dazzling talent has brought him fame at home in Korea. The 20-year-old has the world at his feet now as he prepares tomake his Proms debut

An excellent adventure

Keanu Reeves and China Mieéville talk about their literary bromance and their quest toturna pulpy idea’ into something deeper

Labour must expose the snake-oil charm peddled by populism

For a politician who has avoided high-flown rhetoric, Keir Starmer is sounding remarkably ambitious.

A New York accent in ancient Rome? It's no less accurate than RP

Whose head could I give you that would satisfy this fury?\" asks Denzel Washington's crafty Macrinus in the long-awaited trailer for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II.

Why does Google think I'm dead?

The world's biggest search engine built its success on returning trustworthy results but now critics Says it is getting too much wrong.

Why chip supremacy is ashield to keep China in check

The Hsinchu Science Park, on Taiwan's west coast, is lush and green, with streets neatly planned and clearly signposted. The buildings are modern and well-maintained - from the outside most visitors wouldn't know that they are among the world's most important factories.

THE GREENEST GAMES CAN PARIS AVOID THE WHITE ELEPHANTS OF OLYMPICS PAST?

With temporary arenas and recycled pools, Paris is prizing sustainability above vanity projects By Oliver Wainwright

Unknown quantity Confusion over Vance as VP pick

He was spared by the hand of God!\" a man wrapped in a flag chanted as he walked past a line of people outside the 12,000-seat Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Playing for survival Blind woman who keeps music alive

Rieko Hirosawa sits on a stone bench outside her home and takes a deep breath. She unleashes an impossibly high note while her bachi plectrum slaps the three strings of her shamisen, a traditional instrument.

Solo women look abroad to get round ban on egg freezing

When Yang Li* turned 30, she gave herself three years to decide if she wanted children. But as the years ticked by, working a busy job in Beijing, Yang remained unsure. So last year, a month shy of her 34th birthday, she decided to freeze her eggs.

Nature wins after Moscow's dam strike

Newly created miracle’ on Dnipro hosts animals, birds and saplings ina landscape of ponds and forests

‘Bittersweet’ Bereaved families’ cool welcome for Covid report

Relatives relieved at inquiry's damning analysis ofa lack of preparedeness but believe many issues not addressed

Israeli troops tighten their grip on lifeline to Egypt

In the months before the Israeli invasion, Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah was a lifeline, a place where thousands sought shelter or scrabbled to raise funds to cross into neighbouring Egypt.

Right march Religious recruits challenge IDF values

Israel's army, the country's preeminent secular institution for much of its seven decades, is increasingly coming under the sway of a national religious movement that has made bold moves across Israeli society in recent years.

Anactof grace Biden's selfless choice to drop out sets stage fora different election

Legend has it that when King George III heard that George Washington, the first US president, had decided to retire after his second term, he remarked: \"If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.\"

Lame duck? How Biden announcement could affect US foreign relations

After last Sunday's bombshell decision not to seek re-election, Joe Biden still has six months left as the US president and commander-in-chief, and foreign leaders could be expected to write him off as a lame duck.

BID FOR HISTORY

Kamala Harris faces an unprecedented task after Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the US election race. The vice president now has a party majority for the Democratic nomination, but she needs to ramp up her campaign to win over voters before November

Trump Deserves Our Sympathy But Not Our Support In November

I was on the phone with my daughter when emails started streaming through.

Steep Decline Palestinians Fear Eviction From East Jerusalem

On the wall of the living room of Zohair Rajabi's house is a map showing his neighbourhood: the stepped alleys winding down the steep slopes facing Jerusalem's Old City, and the flat roofs of houses.

Question Time Biden Touts His Record, But The Doubts Refuse To Go Away

In the shadow of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee, where Donald Trump officially became the party's nominee, two days after surviving an attempt on his life, Joe Biden was still confronting a question he thought he'd answered: will he be the Democratic nominee in November? "1,000%," the president said in an interview, which aired on Monday but was recorded before a would-be assassin shot at Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday. In the roughly 36 hours that followed, the presidential contest was suspended.

Labour Can Easily End Austerity At A Strokeby Taxing The Rich Hard

Never let your opponents define the terms of a debate.

Get Out Of Jail Could Britain Solve Its Prison Problems By Going Dutch?

Earlier this year, before he became the UK prisons minister, James Timpson described how Britain should follow the Dutch example of mild sentencing to help solve the prisons crisis.

China Leads World With Growth In Solar And Wind Power

The amount of wind and solar power under construction in China is now nearly twice as much as the rest of the world combined, according to a new report.

Beat goes on Changüí musicians defying Cuba's crisis

In the city of Guantánamo, a festival celebrates a vibrant and joyful hyperlocal musical tradition holding out despite economic hardship

New York's wheelie bin revolution is exciting for everyone but rats

Last year, 200 composting bins were rolled out in New York City, with a unit on every other corner you could open and close via an app. This was exciting for those of us who have hit an age when rubbish disposal is something we think about.

Money for nothing

Would universal basic income create a kinder, more fulfilled society and is it a solution to the feared AI 'jobs apocalypse'?

Heat of the moment

David Azevedo was keen to impress in his new job in construction. But a heatwave in France made working conditions outdoors unbearable. Two years later, his family are still waiting for answers about his death.

Court drama Shock end to Baldwin trial fit for Hollywood

When Alec Baldwin set out to make the western Rust in 2021, it was a passion project for the veteran actor.

Bride and joy Billionaire spends $600m as son weds

The marriage of the son of India's richest man, billionaire Mukesh Ambani, to the daughter of a millionaire was never going to be a humble affair.

Drug boss accused of ordering churches in Rio to close

Reports that a powerful Rio drug lord known for his extremist religious beliefs ordered Catholic churches near his stronghold to close have spooked worshippers and security experts and exposed the advent of a \"narco-pentecostal\" movement made up of heavily armed evangelical drug traffickers.