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Britain: The club Trump resents but wants to join

President Trump’s love-hate relationship with Britain has been on display in London. This ambivalence takes an especially bizarre turn in comments by the president and his supporters about British intelligence, historically America’s most important secret partner. After bashing prominent British figures on his way to London, Trump was on good behaviour, after a glittering state dinner the night before with ...

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Italy’s scary parallel currency threat

It’s hard to think of a more important question for the future of the euro than how committed Rome really is to the single currency. Italy is the third-biggest economy in the monetary union, and had the bloc’s largest public debt in absolute terms last year. The League and the Five Star Movement, which have run the country in coalition ...

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The best way to boost electric cars in China

In China, the most talked-about and coveted feature associated with Tesla Inc.’s new China-made Model 3 electric vehicle isn’t the car’s high performance, sleek design or semi-autonomous capability. It’s the license plate — which should tell advocates hoping to move the world’s drivers off fossil fuels something. The recent buzz is the result of a misunderstanding. A social media post ...

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