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Avicii performs a DJ set

LEVELS UP

Avicii’s fortunes mirrored the money-spinning rise of electronic dance music

CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Pompeos nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE4C165C9S

CORRECT THE RECORD

A lie about Mike Pompeo’s Gulf War service started with an anonymous Wikipedia edit

Chinese tourists in front of Sydney Opera House

SYDNEY CALLING

More tourists in Australia now come from China than New Zealand

Kenyan voters queue to cast their ballots during the presidential and parliamentary elections at the Manyatta Primary school in Kisumu

TOUGHER CHOICES

African leaders are more constrained by democratic rules than you think

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