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Musketeers heading for the exits: chaos at Twitter
Elon Musk gave Twitter’s remaining staff an ultimatum: commit to “working long hours at high intensity” for “hardcore” Twitter, or leave. We evaluate…
3 years, 3 months ago
Strike price: missiles fall in Poland
How did apparently Russian-made munitions kill two people on NATO soil? An accident in the fog of war seems likely, but listen closely: the immediate…
3 years, 3 months ago
Get the Bali rolling: the G20 meet begins
The G20 Summit gets under way in Bali today at a time of tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan, and worries about high food and energy prices. We look at …
3 years, 3 months ago
Bolt from the blue: Democrats hold the Senate
America’s upper legislative chamber remains in Democrats’ hands; they may even expand their majority. We explain what that means for the Biden admini…
3 years, 3 months ago
Tales from the crypto: An exchange implodes
At the start of this week, FTX was the world’s third-largest crypto exchange. After rumours of illiquidity swirled, customers pulled $6bn in assets. …
3 years, 3 months ago
Beaten, a retreat: cautious hope in Kherson
Russia says it will withdraw from the only captured Ukrainian provincial capital. We ask how the drawdown might go and what it means for the wider wa…
3 years, 3 months ago
Red ripple: America’s midterm elections
America’s midterm elections have finished. While the full results may not be known for some time, Democrats appear to have outperformed expectations:…
3 years, 3 months ago
Who counts wins: Election-administration fears
In the final episode of our midterms series, we examine how the Republican party’s anti-democratic turn is putting pressure on election administrator…
3 years, 3 months ago
Introducing Drum Tower
Two of The Economist's China correspondents, Alice Su and David Rennie, analyse the stories at the heart of this vast country and examine its influen…
3 years, 4 months ago
Degrees of risk: COP27 and the 1.5C myth
As the UN’s annual climate jamboree begins, our correspondent calls for a strong dose of realism: limiting warming to 1.5C is just no longer feasible…
3 years, 4 months ago