National Affairs
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Sachet Water Prices Expose Nigeria’s Public Water Failure
In Ibadan this month, the price of a bag of sachet water tells two stories at once: a small, local…
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Europe’s Population Set to Peak, Then Decline by 2029
Europe’s population is about to begin shrinking for the first time in modern peacetime history — not because of war,…
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Inside Britain’s Food Bank Economy: Who Is Going Hungry
Across Britain, the food bank has quietly stopped being an emergency backstop and become something closer to a permanent fixture…
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Britain Closed the Care Visa Route. The Numbers Are In.
LONDON — Britain shut its main pipeline of overseas care workers just as its need for them was accelerating, and…
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Britain’s Invisible Housing Crisis: What the Numbers Don’t Show
LONDON — Britain’s official homelessness figures tell a story of gradual, hard-won progress: rough sleeping counts in the capital fell…
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Brazil’s 2026 Election Tests Lula and Bolsonaro’s Political Legacy
B RASÍLIA — Brazil’s October 2026 general election has narrowed into a closely contested race between incumbent President Luiz Inácio…
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The Nigerian ADC Gamble: Can a Fractured “Third Force” Unseat President Tinubu in 2027?
A BUJA — As the countdown to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections begins to accelerate, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has…
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