“For Anthropic, it was part research and part evangelism.”

With his popularity at a record low, Friedrich Merz packs the papal guide Magnifica humanitas

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Summer is normally thought of as the time for pacy potboilers and brain-soothing page-turners – airport reads that wind up sandy and sunscreen-stained. Not so for Friedrich Merz’s holiday reading list.

Germany’s embattled chancellor, who has faced one rough patch after another since taking office 14 months ago, seems to be seeking spiritual guidance this year while putting his feet up.

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© Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

© Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

© Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Everyone knows that Tony Blair and the Pope issued encyclicals in the last week or two. The Pope's was entitled ‘Magnifica Humanitas’; by analogy, Blair's should have been called ‘Labor Imbecilis’, says James Alexander.

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