Guarding Royal Families for $1,000 a Day: Inside Executive Protection Jobs. How three women trained to work in jobs protecting prominent families and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

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What’s Wrong With the Economy? It’s You, Not the Data.

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How Gaza Protesters Are Challenging Democratic Leaders.

From President Biden to the mayors of small cities, Democrats have been trailed by demonstrators who are complicating the party’s ability to campaign in an election year.

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US plans to label goods from Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank on.ft.com/3TJggGB

US banks warn Paris cost of dismissing traders will harm financial hub ambitions on.ft.com/3W79n4T

AI keeps going wrong. What if it can’t be fixed? on.ft.com/43VeA1l

Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse. Yossi Sariel unmasked as head of Unit 8200 and architect of AI strategy after book written under pen name reveals his Google account.

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Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe on.ft.com/3vCAytp

Lebanon's #2 export, behind Amal Clooneys. Dan Azzi

THE 100 BEST RESTAURANTS IN NEW YORK CITY IN 2024

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Each man kills the thing he loves.

Oscar Wilde

Bitcoin Is Soaring This Year. Goldman’s Crypto Skeptic Isn’t Biting.

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« L’homme est libre au moment qu’il veut l’être. »

Voltaire

« J’avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserai personne dire que c’est le plus bel âge de la vie. »

Paul Nizan, Aden, Arabie, 1931

I’m an Economist. Don’t Worry. Be Happy.

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The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’

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How Gulf states are putting their money into mining on.ft.com/3vyFSxJ

Robots Are Entering the Ukraine Battlefield

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Citigroup’s Chief Executive Prankster Doesn’t Wait for April 1. Jane Fraser’s gags include kidnapped teddy bears and embarrassing photos; the planning is elaborate.

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My contribution to Darwin’s Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest.