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Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” explained

2025-07-02

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It's big, but it's certainly not beautiful. After 27 hours of non-stop voting and debate the American Senate passed President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But, as our US editor, John Prideaux, explains, the bill will make the country more indebted, more unequal and less green.

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Our five favourite non-fiction books of 2025—so far

2025-06-28

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Looking for a new book this summer? Rachel Lloyd, our deputy culture editor, shares five of our favourite non-fiction books of 2025 so far.

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Has China become cool?

2025-06-26

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Is China becoming a cultural phenomenon? From Labubu dolls to high-tech exports China is making waves abroad. Our producer Jiehao Chen and China correspondent Gabriel Crossley speak on the Drum Tower podcast to discuss China’s pursuit of soft power. 00:00 - China’s softening image 01:07 - What does China’s Communist Party stand to gain? 02:23 - IShowSpeed’s livestream in China 04:08 - So is China cool? Listen to the rest of the episode:...

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Inside the world’s most sophisticated telescope

2025-06-26

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What is the universe made of? How is the Milky Way structured? And what is dark matter? A new observatory at the top of a mountain in Chile will try to answer these questions—and revolutionise astronomy in the process. The Economist’s science editor, Alok Jha, was granted access to understand how the world’s largest digital camera works.

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Zelensky: Putin Should Face Justice As A “War Criminal” For The 2022 Invasion Of Ukraine | WION

2025-06-26

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Zelensky: Putin Should Face Justice As A "War Criminal" For The 2022 Invasion Of Ukraine | WION Shorts

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Hollowed Out

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

The status quo has pushed everything to an extreme of hollowed-out instability to maintain a superficial appearance of normalcy and stability. But it's all fake. The phrase that best describes the present era is hollowed out. By hollowed out I mean the exterior facade still looks pretty much the same as it did in the past, but the internal structure has corroded / eroded to the point that little remains of what provided strength and...

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What has America gained from its strike on Iran?

2025-06-25

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Donald Trump claims to have “obliterated” Iran's nuclear programme, but early defence reports suggest the damage has cased a delay of only a few months. As our deputy editor, Edward Carr, argues, the American president has gambled, but not yet won.

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How many years will it take until Europe can defend itself without America’s protection?

2025-06-24

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The director-general of the Royal United Services Institute, Rachel Ellehuus, examines the strengths and weaknesses of European military capabilities, in an interview with our defence editor, Shashank Joshi

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Meta-Thoughts on the War

2025-06-23

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2025-06-23

Decades of 'The Fog Machine of War' have jaded the public's appetite for 'Narrative Control'. The Fog of War is perhaps better described as The Fog Machine of War, for everything presented to the public is some version of Narrative Control, the purpose of which is to establish a context and story that's beneficial to whomever is presenting "facts," "news," "information" and "commentary."

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Why do some people get sicker than others?

2025-06-23

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Do our genes determine how quickly we recover from illness? Dan Davis, professor at Imperial College London, discusses how biology, not just lifestyle, shapes every infection, with Alok Jha, host of Babbage, our science and technology podcast

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Weekly Market Pulse: The Turkey Leg

2025-06-23

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2025-06-23

Note: I wrote most of this commentary prior to the US strike on Iran and I decided to go ahead with it anyway. I don’t know any more than you do about what is going on in the Middle East and trying to predict what will happen in the coming days and weeks is a fool’s errand. We have a strategic allocation to commodities in our portfolios exactly because we can’t predict things like this.

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Has America destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme?

2025-06-22

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Have Trump’s vast strikes destroyed Iran’s nuclear capability? America attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, using 13-tonne GBU-57s—known as “bunker-busting bombs”—in combat for the first time. Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, analyses how much damage might have been caused #iran #america #trump #nuclear #israeliranconflict

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How effective is Israel’s air-defence system?

2025-06-21

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Israel's air-defence system is the world's most extensive missile shield. It's intercepting Iranian missiles which are striking deep inside Israel. How does the system work—and for how much longer can it hold?

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Can Vietnam be the new Singapore?

2025-06-20

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Can Vietnam reinvent its stalling economic model? Mike Bird and Ethan Wu, co-hosts of The Economist’s Money Talks podcast, discuss the country’s new leadership and the growth challenges it faces 00:00 - Vietnam's economic success 02:26 - Why tariffs could dismantle Vietnam’s export economy 05:01 - Vietnam’s model is similar to Singapore 06:50 - Why its harder to climb the development ladder now Listen to the rest of the episode:...

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Could Iran’s regime fall?

2025-06-18

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Iran is facing its biggest external threat in nearly 50 years. Israel has killed its top generals and set back its nuclear programme. Could its regime fall?

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Can Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear programme?

2025-06-17

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Israel has hit some of Iran’s most important nuclear sites but doing lasting damage to Iran’s nuclear ability is extremely difficult, as our defence editor, Shashank Joshi, explains

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The deadly new weapon in the Ukraine war

2025-06-10

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Fibre-optic drones can avoid electronic interference, making them almost impossible to defend against #drone #ukraine #russia

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Will AI take Apple’s crown?

2025-06-10

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Apple may have brought us the iPhone and changed the world, but it’s having a hard time keeping up with rapid advances in AI. Our AI correspondent, Alex Hern, discusses whether Apple will lose its crown on The Intelligence podcast 00.00 - Why Apple is falling behind AI 04.14 - Can Apple catch-up? 05.36 - How will this impact consumer behaviour 07.17 - What does this mean for Tim Cook? Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/3SMLPzk...

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How Donald Trump escalated LA’s protests

2025-06-09

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Donald Trump’s decision to order National Guard troops to Los Angeles turned protests against immigration raids into major clashes. Our West Coast correspondent, Aryn Braun, reports from the ground #la #laprotests #losangeles #uspolitics #immigration

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The GOP’s voting crackdown could backfire

2025-06-06

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Republicans are making it harder to vote. But what if this decades-old strategy no longer helps them win? The very voters these laws target might now be the ones the Republican party needs

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