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A chance at renewal: Nigeria’s coming election
Young voters are fired up and the electoral system has been strengthened, but Nigeria’s challenges are considerable. We explore why this month’s vote…
3 years ago
Long division: America’s busy state legislatures
America’s Congress may be gridlocked, but its state legislatures certainly aren’t. The laws they’ll pass this year will probably impact more people m…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bot the difference: AI and the future of search
The race for AI supremacy is on. Microsoft, Google, Baidu and a host of smaller firms are all placing bets on the technology’s future. Which version …
3 years, 1 month ago
Race against time: rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria
Amid unthinkable destruction and loss of life, we examine the factors that will frustrate relief efforts following earthquakes in an already troubled…
3 years, 1 month ago
Tony isn’t blinkin’: Sino-American relations, post-balloon
American fighters shot down a balloon that China says was monitoring the weather, but America insists was spying. It was a minor incident, but it hig…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bold eagle: America's industrial evolution
As part of The Economist’s new series on the remaking of the country's economy, our correspondent looks at the Biden administration’s audacious indus…
3 years, 1 month ago
Poll fishing: Peru’s persistent protests
The country remains riven by unrest since the “self-coup” and subsequent arrest of its president in December; only an early election might bring a re…
3 years, 1 month ago
Troubled shares, troubles shared: Adani and India Inc
The Adani Group, one of India’s biggest conglomerates, has come under fire from a tiny American research firm. A successful secondary share sale amid…
3 years, 1 month ago
Not shy about retiring: strikes in France
Fixing the complex, creaking pension system remains central to President Emmanuel Macron’s agenda of reforms. But leaving it alone is central to Fren…
3 years, 1 month ago
Didn’t protect or serve: Tyre Nichols’s killing
The response to the death of the 29-year-old has differed from that of previous cases of police killings; we ask what the tragedy indicates about how…
3 years, 1 month ago