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1. Your favorite summer blockbuster was tailor-made for Chinese censors.
By Alex Mayyasi in Priceonomics
2. Why are hospitals such juicy targets for ransomware attacks?
By Kim Zetter in Wired
3. Here’s how French political culture is linked to terror.
By William McCants and Christopher Meserole at the Brookings Institution
4. Israel is warming up to the world’s largest Muslim nation. Find out why.
By Jack Moore in Newsweek
5. Could we make a new class of drugs in space?
By Danny Lewis in Smithsonian
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