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The Earth's too crowded, so better family planning may be humanity's last hope to save us from ourselves.
The Murky Side of the Beautiful Game: Life at the Bottom of English Football
Portakabins and broken shins are the staple diet of football in League Two, where players find themselves between the gutter and the stars
Tony Booth: 'Can Miliband Win? In Your F***ing Dreams'
Tony Blair's father-in-law is on typically robust form talking about the making of a prime minister, politics and mortality
Food Banks in Britain: "People Would Have Died If We Had Not Been Here"
There are thousands of 'hidden hungry' in Britain who rely on food banks to survive
Crimea to Liberia: 2014 in 12 Pictures
12 pictures that illustrate a year steeped in violence and tragedy
In Focus
Red Alert
These are busy days for factories in China’s Yiwu city, south of Shanghai, where 60% of the world’s Christmas decorations are produced. This worker’s clothes bear the stains that have become an occupational hazard for those employed in the so-called “red factories”, of which there are now more than 600. In 2001, there were only 10 such factories in Yiwu.
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Periscope
"The CIA," the Senate Intelligence Committee said yesterday, had "historical experience using coercive forms of interrogation."
Russia's Oil Fire
As the price of crude crumbles along with the ruble, Russia peers into the abyss.
'Angel of Death' Who May Be One of the World's Worst Serial Killers
An Italian nurse is accused of murdering up to 96 of her patients which, if true, makes her one of the most prolific serial killers in history
Horizons
The jungles of Ecuador may hold a secret weapon against plastic pollution.
How to Fix Poverty: Write Every Family a Basic Income Check
In the United States—as in all of the world's wealthier nations—ending poverty is not a matter of resources.
Tobacco Road to Wellness
From Ebola to cancer, plantibodies could be the future of disease prevention and treatment.
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Downtime
As the playwright's 400th anniversary approaches, the campaign to discredit the Shakespeare industry is brewing
Newsweek's Quiz of the Year 2014
What's distinctive about the new British pound coin? How did India's prime minister spend his childhood? Test your memory with Newsweek's fiendish quiz