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Do Americans have kids if they like the president?

2025-07-28

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Does the outcome of America’s presidential election have an effect on whether Democrats and Republicans decide to have children? Our data editor, Dan Rosenheck, explains why there is some evidence that it does #us #fertility #donaldtrump

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Why are people dying for gold?

2025-07-25

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As the price of gold has risen so has the violence linked to mining it. Cartels in Peru and Colombia now make more money from gold than cocaine. In South Africa dozens of illegal miners died after they were sealed in an abandoned mine.

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Has Zelensky made a strategic blunder?

2025-07-24

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Ukrainians are protesting after President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill undermining the independence of the country’s two main anti-corruption agencies. Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast and Oliver Carroll, our Ukraine correspondent, discuss the consequences of the new law. Chapters 00:00 - Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies are under threat 00:55 - What is happening in Ukraine? 02:57 - What is the bill intending to do? 04:06 -...

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Why is the UAE backing a genocidal militia?

2025-07-23

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The UAE’s support for a genocidal militia in Sudan is helping fuel the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Our Middle East correspondent, Gregg Carlstrom, explores why the United Arab Emirates is involved.

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Has the MAGA movement arrived in Japan?

2025-07-21

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A Trump-inspired populist party has rocked elections in Japan. Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast and Moeka Iida, our Tokyo-based reporter, discuss how the fringe hard-right Sanseito party made significant gains and why Japanese politics is entering an era of instability 00:00 - Japanese politics is entering an unstable era 01:45 - What was the big debate in this election? 02:39 - How did the ruling party lose its grip? 03:49 - How...

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Why is America’s bond market so volatile?

2025-07-18

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Joshua Roberts, our capital markets correspondent, gives three reasons why yields are so high and explains how it’s affecting government borrowing across the rich world.

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Why Vladimir Putin is expanding in Africa

2025-07-16

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After years of using a secretive military company to train violent African regimes, Russian forces are stepping out of the shadows and consolidating Putin’s influence in the region.

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Has Britain become the world’s best bargain for foreign companies?

2025-07-15

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Why are American firms suddenly so hungry for British services? Archie Hall, our Britain economics correspondent, explains why there’s a silver lining amid all the bleak news about the British economy. 00:00 - How has Britain become so cheap? 02:30 - The attractiveness of the services economy 03:16 - How America is taking advantage of bargain Britain 04:30 - British assets are also becoming cheap 06:43 - The silver lining Listen to the rest of...

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The problem with diversifying investments

2025-07-15

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Is it still worth diversifying your investment portfolio? Joshua Roberts, our capital markets correspondent, explains why this strategy for safer returns is becoming increasingly ineffective.

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Why the cost of rice in Japan has gone crazy

2025-07-14

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The price of rice in Japan has more than doubled in the past year. While some are blaming the shortage on the influx of foreign tourists, Ethan Wu, our Asia business and finance editor, explains why it is really Japan’s broken production system that is to blame

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WiIl anyone stop Trump, The Lone Ranger?

2025-07-11

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Does America need permission to bomb another country? Allies used to insist presidents seek UN approval before military action. However as David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, argues, they are increasingly tolerating Donald Trump’s Lone-Ranger, vigilante methods

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Why the British love their lawns

2025-07-10

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Playing tennis? Or cricket? You'll need a lawn for that. For centuries the lawn has been synonymous with British culture. But, as our culture correspondent explains, it seems Britons are giving up on their lawns.

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Inside the Russian arson plot in London

2025-07-09

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What does an arson attack on a warehouse in London have to do with the Russian Wagner Group? Of the five men convicted for the blaze none were Russian citizens. This is part of Vladimir Putin’s plan to cause trouble in the West.

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Are Britain and France “friends” again?

2025-07-08

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President Macron’s state visit to the UK suggests the countries are closer than they have been in years. But there are still frictions, as our Paris bureau chief, Sophie Pedder, explains

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Can Donald Trump force a ceasefire in Gaza?

2025-07-07

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With Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, heading to the White House, Donald Trump is hoping to announce an end to the war. Our deputy editor, Ed Carr, explains why it will depend on three factors #Israel #netanyahu #Gaza #DonaldTrump

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Our top five novels of the year (so far)

2025-07-05

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Looking for a new novel this summer? Rachel Lloyd, our deputy culture editor, shares five of our favourites published in 2025

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What Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” means for America

2025-07-04

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President Donald Trump called it a “Big Beautiful Bill”. It’s big, but definitely not beautiful. The three co-hosts of The Economist’s Checks and Balance podcast—Charlotte Howard, our New York bureau chief, Idrees Kahloon, our Washington bureau chief, and John Prideaux, our US editor—discuss the effects Trump’s budget bill will have on America’s lawmaking and on his voter base. 00.00 - Has the “Big Beautiful Bill" killed traditional...

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Why was Labour so unprepared for power?

2025-07-04

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Why was Keir Starmer’s Labour government so unprepared for power? After a shambolic end to its first year in power, The Economist’s British politics correspondent, Matthew Holehouse, analyses what went wrong for Britain’s ruling party.

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Klarna’s CEO on how AI will affect jobs

2025-07-04

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The boss of buy-now, pay-later provider Klarna recently admitted he went too far using AI to cut customer service roles and was rehiring people. In an interview with our business affairs editor, Rachana Shanbhogue, he explains why he still expects AI to have a significant impact on jobs in the years ahead

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America’s new ship-killer missiles near Taiwan

2025-07-03

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America has deployed its NMESIS ship-killing missile system to islands near Taiwan for the first time. Hosted on the Philippines' northern island of Basco, NMESIS is small, easy to move and hard to find. America hopes its deployment will help deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan

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