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Business
How to handle populists: a CEO’s survival guide
Western businesses are learning to live with volatile electoral politics around the world
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Europe
Dodging the draft in fearful Ukraine
Ever more conscripts are needed against Russia’s offensive
Middle East & Africa
How much do Palestinians pay to get out of Gaza?
Middlemen are profiting from Gazans’ desperation
The world in brief
Speaking at a World Economic Forum meeting in Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that only America could stop Israel from carrying out its planned offensive on Rafah. About 1.5m Palestinians are sheltering in the Gazan city...
Elon Musk, the boss of electric-carmaker Tesla, met China’s prime minister, Li Qiang, in Beijing...
Crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests at American universities led to more than 200 arrests on Saturday...
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, announced a $35bn project to extend Al Maktoum International Airport, making it the world’s largest...
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China’s young people are rushing to buy gold
They seek security in troubled times
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Banyan: The family feud that holds the Philippines back
Squabbling between the Marcos and Duterte clans makes politics unpredictable
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Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation
This simplifies things for the world’s timekeepers
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From spies to sea-level rise, Venice’s history is enthralling
Dennis Romano has produced a sparkling account of the city’s past and future
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The Weekend Intelligence
This weekend's podcast: Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death
World news
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Lexington: The campus is coming for Joe Biden
As in 1968, the Democrat risks being the candidate of chaos and war
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The Supreme Court seems divided over Donald Trump’s immunity
Whether Mr Trump stands trial for trying to steal the 2020 election may come down to one justice
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Meet Argentina’s richest man
The boss of Mercado Libre ponders Javier Milei, self-doubt and the dangers of wokery
Bagehot: Britain’s Reform UK party does not exist
But it is all the more powerful as a result
Business, finance and economics
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Will war snuff out the Gulf’s global business ambitions?
Companies far and wide are feeling the effects of the conflict
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals
The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
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Can anyone pull Boeing out of its nosedive?
The American planemaker needs one hell of a pilot
How to fix Britain’s barmy VAT regime
Britain’s second-most-important tax is riddled with holes
The war in Ukraine
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America’s $61bn aid package buys Ukraine time
It must use it wisely
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine
Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
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Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians
The elderly, the displaced and the disabled are the worst affected
The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine
Drones already fill the skies. Now uncrewed vehicles are heading to the front lines
Generation Z
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z
They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
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How worried should people be about Generation Z?
Two new books fit into a familiar pattern of the old fretting about the young
What is screen time doing to children?
Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media
America’s election year
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1843 magazine | Lexington: The campus is coming for Joe Biden
Anger over Gaza in the swing state of Michigan might cost the president the election
In brief
SCOTUS divided on Trump’s immunity plea; Weinstein conviction overturned
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
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US election 2024
Can you build a Trump voter?
Try our tool—and see which attributes make voters more likely to pick one candidate over the other
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
Strife in the Middle East
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How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes
New images shared with The Economist show how a swap helped calm a crisis
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Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike
Both sides have a chance to de-escalate their conflict, at least for now
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Iranians fear their brittle regime will drag them into war
Ultra-religious hardliners are gaining power and yearn for confrontation
A trauma surgeon on why Gaza is the worst of war zones
It is like stepping back into the 19th century, says David Nott
India’s election
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India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition
The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election
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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
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Gandhi v Modi: crunch time for Congress as India prepares to vote
The Economist joins the most prominent opposition politician on the campaign trail
Five charts that show why the BJP expects to win India’s election
Narendra Modi’s party is eyeing another big victory
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The effect could give our brains longer to process information
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Terry Anderson was held by Islamic militants for 2,454 days
The former Marine and AP Beirut bureau chief died on April 21st, aged 76
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1843 magazine | Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death
During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating
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Locust-busting is getting an upgrade
From pesticides to drones, new technologies are helping win an age-old battle
America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population
Which is a worry, because much of it is already shrinking
Weekly edition: April 27th 2024
How strong is India’s economy?
Brechrit: another bad Tory idea
Why leaving the ECHR would be a bad idea for Britain
Where next in the tech wars?
America, China and the battle for supremacy
San Marino, Russia and spies
Intelligence sources are concerned about the country, which is surrounded by Italy
Has Taylor Swift peaked?
The musician is at the height of her commercial, but not her creative, power