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History & culture2026-07-15 – 2026-09-02

Nolan's Odyssey: how far may an adaptation stray from Homer?

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the first feature shot entirely with IMAX film cameras.

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Q:Should the film be judged against Homer?China side17/29Chinese-language reporting and criticism substantially produced by a newsroom based in mainland China.Fidelity to Homer is not the testAgreementUS side17/28English-language reporting and criticism substantially produced by a newsroom based in the United States.Fidelity to Homer is not the test

Q:Who gets the credit, or the blame, for how the film turned out?Q:What does the coverage do with the casting row?Q:What evidence does the coverage give for how audiences took it?

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History & culture2026-07-15 – 2026-09-02

Nolan's Odyssey: how far may an adaptation stray from Homer?

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the first feature shot entirely with IMAX film cameras.

Q:Should the film be judged against Homer?China side17/29Chinese-language reporting and criticism substantially produced by a newsroom based in mainland China.Fidelity to Homer is not the testAgreementUS side17/28English-language reporting and criticism substantially produced by a newsroom based in the United States.Fidelity to Homer is not the test

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World affairs2024-12-01 – 2025-06-18

Nippon Steel's $14.9 Billion Deal for U.S. Steel

Nippon Steel announced in December 2023 that it planned to buy U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion in cash and debt, committing to keep the company's name and its Pittsburgh headquarters.

Q:Who does the coverage name as the accused party in the fight over the block?JP side12/18Reporting published in Japanese for a Japanese audience by news organisations based in Japan — national and regional dailies, the Japanese wire services, broadcasters, and the business and industrial trade press. Japanese-language output of organisations based outside Japan is not in this group.the Biden administration (as accused)AgreementUS side17/26Reporting published in English for a US audience by news organisations based in the United States — the US wire services, national outlets, the Pittsburgh and Mon Valley regional press, the Northwest Indiana and Granite City local press, and the business and steel trade press. Non-English editions of US organisations are not in this group.the Biden administration (as accused)

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Society & policy2026-08-05 – 2026-08-29

Niu Lai: 300 tickets in ten days, then 45 million yuan

Released on 5 August, the film reportedly took 7,700 yuan in its first ten days of screenings, with fewer than 300 people nationwide buying a ticket.

Q:What has this film got to do with AI?China side8/17Chinese-language reporting, criticism or feature writing substantially produced by a newsroom based in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.Below what AI would manageDivergenceOutside side11/13English-language reporting, criticism or feature writing substantially produced by a newsroom based outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, in any country.Relief from AI-made work

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World affairs2026-02-01 – 2026-08-29

The Benin Bronzes after restitution: ownership, custody and what comes next

In 2023 Nigeria's federal government issued a presidential gazette declaring the Oba of Benin the sole custodian of all repatriated Benin artefacts.

Q:Whose institutions get examined — the ones handing the objects back, or the ones receiving them?Nigeria side10/14English-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Nigeria.Nigeria's own museums and agenciesDivergenceGermany side6/6German-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Germany.Germany's own museums and rules

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World affairs2024-12-20 – 2025-06-30

Zuuvch-Ovoo: thirty years of uranium under the Gobi

Orano — then called Areva — has run exploration and mining in Mongolia without a break since 1997, 27 years by the time the agreement was signed.

Q:What problem is this uranium agreement presented as solving?Mongolian side6/11Mongolian-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Mongolia.A deposit left idle since explorationDivergenceFrench side5/8French-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in France.The supply lost in Niger

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World affairs2024-10-01 – 2024-12-06

Sado mine: the memorials of November 24 and 25

South Korea agreed to the Sado mine's World Heritage registration after Japan promised to hold a memorial for workers each year.

Q:What did each side treat as the central dispute?Japan side10/20Japanese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Japan.The representative choiceDivergenceKorea side19/27Korean-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in South Korea.Historical recognition

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World affairs2025-04-23 – 2026-07-05

The Indus Waters Treaty: abeyance and the 2026 pondage award

India said the treaty would be held in abeyance with immediate effect; the report dated the move to 23 April 2025.

Q:What kind of problem is treaty abeyance?India side14/22Reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in India and published in Hindi or English.Pressure tied to terrorism allegationsDivergencePakistan side22/29Reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Pakistan and published in Urdu or English.An unlawful unilateral suspension

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Economy & industry2024-04-24 – 2025-10-15

Who gets to define a döner

In 2022 the Istanbul-based International Döner Federation asked the European Union to register döner as a guaranteed traditional speciality.

Q:What is the problem here — that döner is unprotected, or that a rule would break the döner people eat?Germany side20/28German-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Germany.A rule that would break the local dönerDivergenceTürkiye side11/28Turkish-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Türkiye.Someone else claiming a Turkish dish

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World affairs2026-05-01 – 2026-08-19

F-1 visas capped at four years, ending duration of status

A new US rule sets a foreign student's F-1 visa to last four years or until the end date of their academic program, whichever is shorter.

Q:Do the new visa rules target Chinese students, or international students in general?China side9/10Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.International students in generalAgreementUS side32/40English-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in the United States.International students in general

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World affairs2026-02-01 – 2026-08-20

Chinese visitors to Japan fell 56.4% in the first half of 2026

In the first half of 2026 the number of Chinese visitors to Japan was 56.4% lower than a year earlier.

Q:Who or what is held responsible for the fall?China side13/15Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in mainland China.The prime minister's Taiwan remarksDivergenceJapan side49/69Japanese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Japan.China's call to refrain from travel

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History & culture2005-01-01 – 2025-12-31

The giraffe the Yongle court received as a qilin

A live giraffe reached the Ming court in 1414, and a second animal reached China the following year, in 1415.

Q:How did the giraffe make the journey to China?China side9/14Chinese-language reporting or feature writing substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.Envoys brought it to courtDivergenceOutside side7/9English- or Swahili-language reporting or feature writing substantially produced by a newsroom based outside China, in any country.The fleet carried it home

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Economy & industry2025-12-23 – 2026-08-19

Indonesia's nickel quota: 379 million tonnes down to 250–260

Indonesia's energy and mineral resources ministry set the 2026 nickel-ore production quota — the RKAB — at 250 to 260 million tonnes, down from 379 million.

Q:Who or what gets the blame for the industry's trouble?China side13/17Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.The government's quota decisionAgreementIndonesia side36/66Indonesian-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in Indonesia.The government's quota decision

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History & culture2005-03-01 – 2025-12-31

Mwamaka Sharifu, Siyu's shipwreck story, and a scholarship to China

Mwamaka Sharifu's family lives in Siyu, a village on Pate Island off the Kenyan coast, where an account has been handed down that a Chinese ship struck a reef nearby and its sailors swam ashore.

Q:What is the story really about?China side7/11Chinese-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in China.A chance at an educationDivergenceAfrica side4/6Swahili- or English-language reporting substantially produced by a newsroom based in an African country; imported foreign copy without local reporting is excluded.A history still to be recovered

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