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The Weekend Intelligence: Operation Midas
Ukraine has been hit by a corruption scandal. One that strikes at the core of the political establishment in a way never before seen—and this in a country with a long and turbulent history of corrupt…
Published on 7 hours ago
Keir in the headlights: interviewing Britain’s PM
The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes met Sir Keir Starmer for “The Insider”, our new video offering. We bring you the analysis. Why executions in America are surging, despite declinin…
Published on 1 day, 8 hours ago
Delhi-novela: Putin and Modi rekindle bromance
As Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to India, our correspondent explains why Donald Trump’s policies have pushed India and Russia closer together. How AI models could learn to take shortcuts––an…
Published on 2 days, 7 hours ago
Stars and strikes: was America’s ship-bomb illegal?
America’s attacks on possible drug boats in the Caribbean is already controversial. Now critics are questioning the legality of one particular strike in September. What does this mean for the US secr…
Published on 3 days, 7 hours ago
The great wheel: China’s Robotaxi revolution
Once derided as a copycat nation, China is now leading the world in innovation, from driverless cars to pharmaceuticals. Our correspondent explains what others can learn from it. Britain looks abroad…
Published on 4 days, 8 hours ago
Deal them back in? What we heard in Iran
Our correspondents get a feel for today’s Tehran: no morality police but still much fear of speaking out. And the foreign minister indicates a desire to return to nuclear dealmaking. Who has bought i…
Published on 5 days, 8 hours ago
Fire, then fury: Hong Kong’s deadly blaze
The dead are still being found; the displaced huddle in public spaces. Who or what will be blamed, and what policies will change after the tragedy? We visit Georgia, where protests have now lasted a …
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
The Weekend Intelligence: Mise en masse
Chef Gary Thomas has a lot on his plate. That’s because he’s in the business of feeding thousands of people a day on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Not just any ship – the Star of the Seas, the l…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Growth negligence: Britain’s budget
The tax-and-spend plan was fine-tuned to avoid immediate political jeopardy. But it will do little to help Britain’s chronic growth problem, and is likely to erode further the political centre. We me…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
Party likes it 1959: Cuba in crisis
The country’s Communist Party leadership continues to cling to old ideals amid on-again, off-again diplomacy with America—and the people’s suffering only deepens. Britain is making the most of its ad…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago