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The Intelligence: Bibi bumps

As yet more aid workers die in Gaza and an airstrike levels an Iranian consulate, pressure on...

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The Intelligence: Surveilling China’s diaspora

There are fears about TikTok, but it’s not the only social media platform that the Chinese state...

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• 24 días

The Intelligence: Life inside a Russian prison

Alexei Navalny was sent to one to die and American journalist Evan Gershkovich is being held in...

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The Intelligence: The fallen crypto king learns his fate

It has been called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history. After the collapse of...

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• 28 días

The Intelligence: An aid drop over Gaza

It is becoming harder to get supplies into the enclave, which is facing a growing risk of famine....

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Drum Tower: Tick tock for TikTok

On March 13th America’s House of Representatives passed a bill that could ban TikTok nationwide...

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The Intelligence: when Sall tempted Faye

Bassirou Diomaye Faye was little-known before this election. Despite the incumbent president’s...

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Editor’s Picks: March 25th 2024

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This...

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The Intelligence: Moscow massacre

Warnings from the Americans went unheeded, police took too long to respond, and now the Kremlin...

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The Weekend Intelligence: Should I own a gun?

By the end of this podcast Economist correspondent Tamara Gilkes Borr might own a gun. Recently,...

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The Intelligence: Bad Apple?

The case against the tech giant has been brewing since 2019 and while the smartphone maker is...

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Money Talks: Should Amazon be afraid of Temu?

Amazon started with a plan to disrupt bookselling. It sold cheap books online, delivering them...

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The Intelligence: Fed reckoning

America’s central bank left rates untouched, to widespread market delight. Why is this economic...

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The Intelligence: Leave your umbrella at home

It took more than 20 years for Hong Kong’s legislature to pass Article 23, a sweeping and...

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The Intelligence: The power of positive tinkering

The Bank of Japan has ended its grand experiment in unconventional monetary policy—how did it...

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The Intelligence: F is for falling standards

America is producing more high-school graduates—but on average, they know less. We ask how a push...

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Checks and Balance: Growth states

It’s not long since America was widely thought to be on the brink of recession. Instead the...

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The Intelligence: Russia’s sham election

Voting begins today in an election that has already been won – all the opposition politicians are...

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The Intelligence: Is time up for TikTok?

The US Congress is refusing to scroll past the app’s links to China. If the bill they passed...

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The Intelligence: Russia pushes back on Kharkiv

The northeastern province has been subject to more and more shelling, and Western officials are...

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