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The Intelligence: America gets a House speaker
With the accession of Mike Johnson as the lower chamber’s majority leader, Congress can at last get back to lawmaking—unless the leadership circus st…
2 years, 2 months ago
Introducing The Weekend Intelligence
The Weekend Intelligence is a new podcast from the award-winning team at The Economist. It’s a space for our reporters and writers to take a break fr…
2 years, 2 months ago
Babbage: How to avoid a battery shortage
In the coming decades, electric vehicles will dominate the roads and renewables will provide energy to homes. But for the green transition to be succ…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Intelligence: Israeli hostages’ fortunes
A network of captives’ families has sprung up to accomplish what Israel’s government has so far failed to do—and may yet emerge as a political force.…
2 years, 2 months ago
Drum Tower: What does it mean to be Taiwanese?
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many have worried: is Taiwan next? China is giving Taiwan a terrifying choice: unify with China, or face war. Peo…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Intelligence: Navalny’s peril deepens
President Vladimir Putin has long had it in for Alexei Navalny, Russia’s principal opposition figure. But now his lawyers are in peril, too, and Mr N…
2 years, 2 months ago
Poll vault: Argentina’s Peronist surprise
After dominating the polls for months, Javier Miliei, a right-wing firebrand, was outshone by the candidate from the ruling Peronist administration. …
2 years, 2 months ago
The day Hamas came: a report from an Israeli kibbutz
They fled round after round of gunfire, hid for hours and saved hundreds of lives. It is a rare story of survival on what was a horrific day for Isra…
2 years, 2 months ago
Genocide returns: slaughter in Sudan
From a refugee camp in Chad, we speak with those fleeing murder in Darfur. Reporting on the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and a powerful para…
2 years, 2 months ago
Diplomacy up in smoke: Biden visits Israel
A fatal explosion at a hospital-cum-shelter has led to outrage and the canceling of the very summit that the US president had flown in for. America’s…
2 years, 2 months ago