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Google's new chatbot, Bard.
Economy

Hard Numbers: Meet Bard, grim new climate report, Colombia’s Toro ban, Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law, IMF approves Sri Lankan relief

A new UN report says the world has less than a decade to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (the 2015 Paris Agreement’s target).

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US & Canada

What We’re Watching: NATO members’ defense budgets, Social Security as a political weapon, China’s support for Sri Lanka

NATO chief wants more defense spending; The politics of entitlements; Will China offer Sri Lanka debt salvation?

What We're Watching: Tehran trilateral, EU food jitters, Sri Lankan presidential vote
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What We're Watching: Tehran trilateral, EU food jitters, Sri Lankan presidential vote

Friends with differences in Tehran, EU fillets financial sanctions over food concerns, Sri Lankan MPs vote for president

Sri Lanka slipping into anarchy
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Sri Lanka slipping into anarchy

Things have gone from bad, to worse, to outright crazy in Sri Lanka. And there's no easy way out.

Chaos in Sri Lanka
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Chaos in Sri Lanka

Just when we thought Sri Lanka’s worst-ever crisis was about to end, things took another unexpected turn on Wednesday.