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Online gambling is helping to popularise what was once considered a taboo pursuit. Las Vegas may yet profit

Online gambling is helping to popularise what was once considered a taboo pursuit. Las Vegas may yet profit

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Xi Jinping will have to choose carefully when it comes to handling of his right-hand man’s future. Aides and advisers can easily be replaced. Trust cannot. Want our take on it? Read on by registering for free
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Dismayed by the direction of travel, a clutch of independent politicians are stepping up discussions about forming a new centrist party that might do better than the old guard
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Most Indian states are strapped for cash. What to do? As with many problems, the answer is found in drink
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India’s demographic transition is the most striking example of a global trend. For it is no longer just wealthy places where families have few, or no, kids. Curious as to why? Register to continue reading (it’s free)
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Last year South Korea pledged to invest $150bn in shipbuilding projects in America as part of its effort to wriggle out of tariffs. Yet the yards face a big staffing problem
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With Russia and China back on his side, Kim Jong Un’s bargaining position has never looked stronger
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Though its campaign is execrable, the Balochistan Liberation Army is probably a lesser worry for officials in Islamabad than a second set of adversaries
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Can anything slow the rise of China’s premier app factory, ByteDance? Listen to this week’s “Drum Tower” podcast to find out how the company is faring after America’s TikTok deal
 Japan’s sprawling sex industry is thought to be worth ¥2trn-
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Japan’s sprawling sex industry is thought to be worth ¥2trn-5trn ($12bn-31bn) a year. Lately a debate has raged over how the work is policed Photo: Getty Images
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