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Panic about Islam in Europe is spreading. Yet the continent faces no Islamic takeover, no mass radicalisation of Muslims and no erasure of its culture. The real danger is different bit.ly/4xferTy Illustration: Peter Dench
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It is rare to find a young Hollywood star as bankable as Tom Holland. There are four lessons aspiring actors can glean from his early success
How Tom Holland became the world’s highest-grossing young actor
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In 35 rich countries, a typical 15-year-old now reads no better than a 14-year-old did a decade ago. A slow-motion disaster is under way. We explain what must be done to stop it
Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe
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For the Democratic “affordability” agenda’s most vexing problem, Zohran Mamdani has a simple formula: squeeze landlords and woo developers bit.ly/4xnDJPd Photo: Lloyd Mitchell
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Many scrap collectors rise as early as 3am to squeeze in hours of housework before the day’s labour begins. It often takes over a month to gather enough material to take to the mills, where the women are paid a meagre piece rate
Women lead brutal lives in Colombia’s illegal gold-mining regions
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