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We’re celebrating the fifth edition of the annual Monocle Design Awards by discussing highlights from this year’s cohort of ...

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Friedrich Merz suffers a dramatic defeat in the Budestag, failing to win a majority in a parliamentary vote to ...

Friedrich Merz suffers a dramatic defeat in the Budestag, failing to win a majority in a parliamentary vote to become ...

Andrew Mueller and his panel, Aliona Hlivco and Quentin Peel, discuss the day’s top stories. Plus: we hear from ...

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Camille Rodríguez Montilla takes us to a masterfully designed public library in the heart of Colombia’s capital.