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What Britain needs from its next PM

Theresa May’s departure as Britain’s prime minister won’t heal the country’s divisions or end its Brexit nightmare. This drawn-out crisis is so far from being resolved, her successor might soon regret winning the top job. But the task isn’t hopeless, and the right kind of leadership could move Britain and the European Union to a better outcome. The main contenders ...

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Modi’s win is a populist warning to the world

It’s a terrible feeling to discover that your country is full of strangers. For some in India, the election of Narendra Modi in 2014, with a majority that India hadn’t seen in three decades, was that moment. Everyone knew there was discontent with the status quo; everyone knew that Modi was doing well, better than anyone had expected before he ...

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Amazon-Deliveroo alliance would eat Uber for dinner

Amazon.com Inc. and British food delivery startup Deliveroo make in some ways cosier bedfellows than Uber Technologies Inc. does with its own competing service, Uber Eats. The US e-commerce giant led a $575 million financing round in London-based Deliveroo. One can’t help but wonder whether the investment is an amuse-bouche for a broader tie-up, a chance for Amazon to get ...

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