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In today’s newsletter: Universities are being hit with record numbers of staff joining picket lines. As unions call for meaningful and swift change, the future of higher education hangs in the balance.
The 2022 tournament is finally here. But for more than a decade, disquiet over the Gulf state hosting football’s biggest event has been growing. Four people – with very different perspectives – explain their views
In today’s newsletter: PM looks to reopen dialogue with Beijing; NSW town cut off by rising waters; and Elon Musk says he has taken on ‘too much’
A spate of bank robberies has hit Beirut in recent weeks but they are heists with a twist: people are demanding – at gunpoint – that staff hand them their own money. Michael Safi reports
In today’s newsletter: For the next two weeks, ministers, negotiators from countries large and small will gather in Egypt. Can they get anything done?