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Will Trump’s New ‘Warrior’ Be Up to the Top US Spymaster Job?
A few days after grilling Robert Mueller in Congress, Texas Republican John Ratcliffe finds himself potentially headed for an even bigger stage.
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Special Briefing: The California Mass Shootings Dossier
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Special Briefing: The Politics Behind the US Flip on Capital Punishment
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Look Closer: A Water Parade, or Simply Making Waves?
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Beyond the Nobel: Esther Duflo Goes Granular on the Problems of Poverty
Esther Duflo, the youngest to win a Nobel in economics and only the second woman, is rethinking solutions to poverty problems.
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Look Closer: Landfill, or Remnants of Escape?
Migration has turned part of the Greek island of Lesbos into a life jacket graveyard.
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Special Briefing: OZY Picks Its Own Nobel Prizewinners
This is an OZY Special Briefing, an extension of the Presidential Daily Brief. The Special Briefing tells you what you need to know about an important issue, individual or story that is making news. Each one serves up an interesting selection of facts, opinions, images and videos in order to catch you up and vault you ahead.
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How a Raunch-Com Director Became the Scandalous Mastermind of ‘Joker’
Director Todd Phillips, of The Hangover fame, thought he was leaving offense behind when he switched from comedy to drama.
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Could Trump’s Foreign Policy Shift Lead to a Resurgence of the Islamic State?
Kurds trusted their U.S. allies. That now looks like a big mistake.
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Look Closer: Insects Crawling for Food, or a Bigger Critter Crisis?
Australia’s drought and farming crises give a whole new meaning to counting sheep.
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Special Briefing: A Face Mask Ban Raises Stakes For Hong Kong’s Protesters
Hong Kong’s determined protesters have proved they’re savvy — but can they adapt to tough new police tactics?
