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Long stories short

• The US Supreme Court heard arguments over a $6 billion opioid settlement from Purdue Pharma that shields the Sackler family from civil lawsuits. 

• Meta and IBM launched a coalition of more than 50 AI companies that back a so-called “open model” of research.

• The UK’s only pandas returned to China after a 12-year loan to Edinburgh Zoo.


media

Barclay family takes back the Telegraph


modern wealth

Britain is the most unequal large economy


renewable energy

Coal consumption will peak – then steadily decline


devolution

Northern Ireland power-sharing agreement ripe for reform


Israel-Hamas conflict explained

Latest developments

Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed on Monday as Israel’s courts reopened after the Hamas attacks.

Sheryl Sandberg, the former Facebook executive, called on the UN to denounce the sexual violence inflicted by Hamas on Israeli women on 7 October.

The WHO said what happened in northern Gaza “cannot be the blueprint” for the south.

Israel told residents in parts of Khan Younis to evacuate as the city suffers heavy bombardment.







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