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Truth or lies? | How disinformation works—and how to counter it
More co-ordination is needed, and better access to data
Leaders
Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe
The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning
1843 magazine | “It’s been a very long two weeks”: how the Gaza protests changed Columbia
The camp has been cleared. But the faculty of the Ivy League university remains deeply divided
Europe
A fresh Russian push will test Ukraine severely, says a senior general
An interview with Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence
The world in brief
America’s labour market showed signs of cooling...
Police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters at several college campuses as disruption seen at American universities spread around the world...
Authorities in Canada arrested three people in connection with the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist activist who was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June...
Hope Hicks, the communications director of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, took the stand in the former president’s hush-money trial in New York...
Why does BHP want Anglo American?
Its $39bn takeover offer is the latest in a string of mining mega-mergers
Chaguan: China and America trade blame for a world on fire
A global contest is under way to recruit like-minded countries as supporters
The NHL failed in Arizona, but it’s succeeding in America
Ice hockey is flourishing as an increasingly American sport
Dateline: The Economist history quiz
Can you guess when these extracts were published?
World news
Emmanuel Macron on how to rescue Europe
The French president on grave risks to the continent, and what to do about them
How South Africa has changed 30 years after apartheid
Poverty is rife and inequality still starkly racial
The Chinese scientist who sequenced covid is barred from his lab
The Communist Party is still hounding experts whose work might expose its pandemic missteps
University protests about Gaza spread to the Middle East
But Arab students are looking to America for inspiration
Business, finance and economics
America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s
Without good luck or a painful adjustment, the only way out will be to let inflation rip
Free exchange: Working from home and the US-Europe divide
Americans are no longer the rich world’s great office drones
Chinese EV-makers are leaving Western rivals in the dust
They have shone at Beijing’s car jamboree
Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?
Smaller drugmakers are enjoying a revival
Video
The war in Ukraine
Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Who is supplying Russia’s arms industry?
New research traces the origin of crucial imports
Ukraine’s draft dodgers are living in fear
Ever more conscripts are needed against Russia’s offensive
Who is jamming airliners’ GPS in the Baltic?
Russia seems to be the culprit, but it may be inadvertent
India’s election
Even disillusioned young Indian voters favour Narendra Modi
They worry about their future, but do not blame the BJP
How strong is India’s economy?
It isn’t the next China, but it could still transform itself and the world
Radio Modi: How India’s prime minister sweet-talks the nation
We analysed hundreds of Narendra Modi’s broadcasts. They reveal a meticulously cultivated image
Five charts that show why the BJP expects to win India’s election
Narendra Modi’s party is eyeing another big victory
Strife in the Middle East
Israel’s prime minister does not know where to go
Binyamin Netanyahu may be losing the plot
How much do Palestinians pay to get out of Gaza?
Middlemen are profiting from Gazans’ desperation
The Middle East has a militia problem
More than a quarter of the region’s 400m people live in states dominated by armed groups
Will war snuff out the Gulf’s global business ambitions?
Companies far and wide are feeling the effects of the conflict
America’s election year
Joe Biden is practising some Clintonian politics
But he needs to do more than crack down on “junk fees” to woo swing voters
In brief
Police enter UCLA encampment; Arizona Senate repeals abortion bill
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
US election 2024
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
Weekend reads
Is there more or less sex on screen?
Data show that the amount of sexual content in top films has sharply declined since 2000
Eleanor Coppola recorded how a cinematic triumph almost came unstuck
The documentary-maker and wife of Francis Ford Coppola died on April 12th, aged 87
Many mental-health conditions have bodily triggers
Psychiatrists are at long last starting to connect the dots
A surprising Japanese presence in a traditional American craft
Quilting connects continents
Other highlights
Why China’s companies are recruiting their own militias
Officials want to keep things calm in an era of slowing growth
The Philippines bans some genetically modified foods
But golden rice could help thousands of nutrient-deficient children
Seaport Tower shows New York’s fight between housing and heritage
Can the city build its future without destroying its past?
Gulf governments are changing, but not how they talk to citizens
Rumours about downpours in Dubai and rosé in Riyadh stem from a lack of trust
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Europe in mortal danger: An interview with Emmanuel Macron
The new science of disinformation
More co-ordination and better access to data are needed to fight lies
Uncle Sam's fiscal profligacy
America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s
Conflicts on campus
Should American universities call the cops on protesting students?
Feeling horny: dragons meet erotic fiction
Novels starring hot fairies are selling millions of copies
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Worlds apart
The American-led financial order is giving way to a more divided one
The global financial system is in danger of fragmenting
How crises reshaped the world financial system
The movement of capital globally is in decline
National payment systems are proliferating
The fight to dethrone the dollar
How the financial system would respond to a superpower war
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