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COVER STORY

Ignitia. Photo: Ignitia

From Ghana to Colombia, how the echoes of Expo 2020 Dubai will resound around the world for decades to come. Let's test this, edited on 29 Apr.

WEEKEND READS

Postcards from Ukraine: messages of life, love and hope from a war-torn land.

Why you don't have to be a superpower to join the space race (just ask Wales).

The Harvard law graduate bringing shawarma to San Diego.

Postcards from Ukraine. Ridhi Agrawal for The National

THE ESSAY

‘A conflict fully expected to be over in weeks if not days is now one year old, and the eventual outcome seems less predictable than ever. In many ways, it seems stuck at a crossroads’   Masuda Sultan|Kelly Campbell

CULTURE

FILE PHOTO: Actress Ming-Na Wen arrives at the People's Choice Awards 2016 in Los Angeles, California January 6, 2016. REUTERS / Danny Moloshok / File Photo

Ming-Na Wen on making it in Hollywood: 'You have to create for yourself.'

The humanoid artist making a splash at the Venice Biennale.

Motor of the week: a Porsche without the price.

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Updated: February 24, 2023, 1:40 PM