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    China is seen more favorably than the US in new study

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions have flipped in Beijing’s favor this year, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, a remarkable shift driven in part by tensions between the Trump administration and U.S. allies. More people have favorable…

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    Russia is not as resilient as it wants you to think

    Listen to Vladimir Putin, and one would think Russia is marching to victory in Ukraine and overcoming whatever minor economic challenges it faces, thanks to the support of its patriotic people. On November 30th state television showed Mr Putin visiting a command post wearing military fatigues, receiving reports on the latest offensive. “The Russian troops…

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    AIs could turn opinion polls into gibberish

    POLLSTERS HAVE been burning through their nine lives. First, as caller ID spread, people stopped answering their phone calls and response rates tumbled to single digits. Then political polarisation and distrust made some Americans even less likely to answer surveys. That contributed to a series of embarrassing polling misses in elections where Donald Trump was…

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