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  • Former US President Donald Trump during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The Conservative Political Action Conference launched in 1974 brings together conservative organizations, elected leaders, and activists. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Donald Trump can still run for president after his indictment—and even govern from jail

    By Stefanie Lindquist and The Conversation
  • Alexei Stakhanov explaining his system to a fellow miner in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)Success

    Today’s management-speak has a lot in common with 1930s Soviet propaganda—and it’s making people miserable

    By Bogdan Costea, Peter Watt, and others
  • Stone Town, ZanzibarHealth

    2 of the scientists who worked on the first ancient Swahili DNA analysis say the results weren’t African or Asian—they were both

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  • Ajay Banga, US-nominee for leader of the World Bank, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Banga said that The World Bank should be a catalyst for spurring lending from the private sector to mobilize the trillions of dollars needed for development across the world. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Some advice for the new head of a World Bank is inheriting a slew of problems and a dysfunctional corporate culture

    By Rachel Kyte and The Conversation
  • Bank runFinance

    After SVB’s demise, a banking scholar who used to work at the Federal Reserve breaks down the greatest hits of bank runs

    By Rodney Ramcharan and The Conversation
  • Donald Trump

    Analyst of Saudi foreign policy breaks down what’s really going on with the key U.S. ally’s major new deals with Iran and China

    By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and The Conversation
  • Raccoon-dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) close up of adult”n”nBeidaihe, Hebei, China MayHealth

    Crucial data about the origins of COVID is only now being disclosed. A scientist weighs the cost of the delay

    By Dominic Dwyer and The Conversation
  • Buddy CarterTech

    Why nervous people in power want to stop you from using TikTok, according to a longtime cybersecurity researcher

    By Doug Jacobson and The Conversation
  • Cast of SuccessionSuccess

    ‘Succession’ works by appealing to our ‘anti-social desires,’ says author of ‘Prestige TV and the Contradictions of the Liberal Class’

    By Robert Samuels and The Conversation
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 09: Jennifer Lopez, ring detail, visits “The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show” at the Z100 Studio on April 09, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)Personal Finance

    2 law professors explain who gets to keep the engagement ring after a breakup

    By Naomi Cahn, Julia D. Mahoney, and others
  • Tech

    Antisemitic speech on Twitter surged 105% after Elon Musk took over, new research finds

    By Carl Miller and The Conversation
  • This photograph taken on January 21, 2022, shows the ceiling painting &#8216;Aurora on Her Triumphal Chariot&#8217; by Guercino in the Casino dell&#8217;Aurora inside the Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome. &#8211; A Roman villa housing the only mural by Caravaggio failed to find a bidder in an auction on January 18, 2022 sparked by a dispute between its heirs. The sprawling Casino dell&#8217;Aurora will be put up for sale again in April, with the base price of 471 million euros ($534 million) lowered by about 20 percent, according to the notary involved in the sale.<br /> &#8211; RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE &#8211; MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION &#8211; TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE &#8211; MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION &#8211; TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION / TO GO WITH AFPS TORY BY GILDAS LE ROUX &#8211; RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE &#8211; MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION &#8211; TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    A rare Caravaggio masterpiece valued at $331 million is locked away in a private Italian villa at the center of a bitter inheritance battle

    By Monika Schmitter and The Conversation
  • Woman at ATMFinance

    Ever since the invention of insurance over 300 years ago, it’s encouraged people to take more risk. Welcome to ‘moral hazard.’

    By Cassandra Jones Havard and The Conversation
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    The expert who pioneered ‘quantitative easing’ has seen enough: Central banks are too powerful and they’re to blame for inflation

    By Richard Werner and The Conversation
  • Solar panel technician with drill installing solar panels on roof,electrician panel sun sustainable resources renewable energy source alternative innovation.Environment

    A brutal climate report is raising alarm bells about the future—but there are reasons to be optimistic

    By Robert Lempert, Elisabeth Gilmore, and others