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## [The World Is Becoming Less Stable. To Fix It, We Must Learn How to Work Together Again](https://time.com/5764406/global-risks-world-economic-forum-davos/)  
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## [China's Xi Jinping Becomes an Unlikely Advocate of Free Trade at Davos](https://time.com/4635963/xi-jinping-china-davos-world-economic-forum-trade-donald-trump/)  
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## [Terror Holds Nigeria Back](https://time.com/95580/nigeria-missing-girls-2/)  
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