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Colour visions: a German-election lookahead

2025-02-19

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The possibilities for an inevitable coalition government are a head-spinning colour wheel of party logos. We look at the most likely outcomes (https://www.economist.com/interactive/2025-german-election-polls-prediction-forecast?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), and the smaller parties that may well play...

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AI bosses on what keeps them up at night

2025-02-18

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Google DeepMind and Anthropic founders, Demis Hassabis and Dario Amodei, are two of the world's foremost leaders in artificial intelligence. Our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, sat down with them to discuss AI safety, timelines for artificial general intelligence and whether they fear becoming the Oppenheimers of our time, in a conversation for Visionaries Club. How AI will divide the best from the rest: https://econ.st/3X8yVhv After...

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AI bosses share their worries about the burden of leadership #ai #artificialintelligence #google

2025-02-18

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Google DeepMind and Anthropic founders, Demis Hassabis and Dario Amodei are profoundly worried about how AGI will change the world. Our editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, asks whether they could become the Oppenheimers of our time, in a conversation for Visionaries Club

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Get your Strait facts: China’s quiet Taiwan push

2025-02-18

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We investigate China’s under-the-radar push (https://www.economist.com/international/2025/02/09/chinas-stunning-new-campaign-to-turn-the-world-against-taiwan?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to get other countries to change their official language on Taiwan’s independence. Would it make a difference in a...

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Must Ensure ‘Durable Peace’ In Ukraine: Berlin | Arab Summit On Gaza Postponed To Friday | Headlines

2025-02-17

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Top headlines of the hour: - Must Ensure 'Durable Peace' In Ukraine: Berlin - Top EU Team To Visit Kyiv For War Anniversary - IDF Strike In Lebanon Kills Hamas Commander - Arab Summit On Gaza Postponed To Friday #berlin #europeanunion #headlines

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Munich insecurity conference: a re-ordering begins

2025-02-17

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Backing away from European security guarantees and seeking mineral rights in Ukraine as recompense for military aid: at the Munich Security Conference the Trump administration made its convention-trashing, transactional nature clear...

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Russia-US Officials To Meet In Riyadh | ‘Israel Can’t To A Thing Against Iran’ | WION Headlines

2025-02-17

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Top headlines of the hour: - Russia-US Officials To Meet In Riyadh - 'Israel Can't To A Thing Against Iran' - Israel Strikes Lebanon: 1 Killed - New Delhi CM To Take Oath On Feb 20 - Massive Stir Against Far-Right In Berlin #russiaukrainewar #israel #iran

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Nairobi Mother Arrested For Allegedly killing 4 Year Old Son Over Soiling Incident | WION Shorts

2025-02-17

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A Nairobi lady is being held in connection with the murder of her four-year-old son after he soiled himself in a perplexing case. According to the police, on December 9, 2024, Melvin Owuor and an unidentified acquaintance brought the child's body to the morgue at Mama Lucy Hospital, where Ms. Owuor stated her kid had passed away while he was asleep.

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Can Europe defend itself without America?

2025-02-16

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Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, explains why Donald Trump risks overturning the very basis of the NATO alliance’s mutual defence clause #uspolitics #geopolitics #trump #defence #nato #europe

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Are lab-grown diamonds too successful?

2025-02-14

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Lab-grown diamonds have become increasingly popular in recent years but, with prices now falling, have they started to become too successful for their own good?

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Love match: Modi-Trump’s tariffs tussle

2025-02-14

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The American president and Indian prime minister have long been friends. But when the two met at the White House yesterday, they had many thorny issues (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/02/11/is-maga-great-for-india?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) to discuss, including trade and immigration. Why the...

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Zelensky fears being sidelined by Trump

2025-02-13

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On February 12th, President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, without co-ordinating the details beforehand with Ukraine, and announced that negotiations to end the war would start “immediately”. It was exactly the sort of unilateral American move that, just hours earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky warned against in this interview with The Economist. “If Russia is left alone with America, Putin with Trump, or their teams,...

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With this ring: Trump and Putin omit Ukraine

2025-02-13

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During a 90-minute telephone conversation, the American and Russian presidents started negotiating (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/02/12/donald-trump-starts-immediate-talks-with-vladimir-putin-on-ukraine?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) a future for Ukraine. What will this mean for Europe? Our...

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Scam Inc 3: The bottom line

2025-02-13

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How do you run a scam operation? Perks, recruitment, outsourcing and a monthly landscaping budget—this is Scam Inc. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+: https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page:...

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Scam Inc 2: Opportunity of a lifetime

2025-02-13

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Who are the scammers? They aren't who you think. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+: https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page: https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts Watch...

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Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel

2025-02-13

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You wouldn’t fall for a scam—would you? A small town in Kansas is left reeling after one of its best and brightest gets sucked in. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+: https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs...

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War hoarse: is Zelensky being heard?

2025-02-12

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In an interview with The Economist ahead of the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine’s president (https://www.economist.com/topics/ukraine-at-war?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners) is pessimistic that Trump can end the conflict. How fish farming in West Africa could improve food security (11.57). And...

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Eye to the chancellor: interviewing Friedrich Merz

2025-02-11

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The winner of Germany’s upcoming election will also play a crucial role in Europe. The Economist’s editor-in-chief speaks to Friedrich Merz (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/02/10/germanys-business-model-is-gone-warns-friedrich-merz?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners), the front-runner for chancellor,...

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What do burgers and economic theory have in common? #economics #currency #bigmac #finance #dollar

2025-02-10

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The Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in the 1980s as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are over- or under-valued. Here‘s how it works.

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I’ll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine

2025-02-10

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Some of the most frenetic innovation of Ukraine’s war happens in the electromagnetic spectrum: detecting and denying signals to and from materiel. This invisible battle...

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