Why birth rates are dropping everywhere
2025-11-23
The world’s population is heading for collapse—but how worried should we be? Our top economics editors explain why women around the globe are having fewer babies.
Why Gaza won’t be rebuilt anytime soon
2025-11-20
Can Gaza be rebuilt? Gregg Carlstrom, our Middle East Correspondent and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss the scale of the destruction in Gaza and why every major plan to rebuild Gaza has stalled.
00:00 – What rebuilding proposals are on the table?
00:59 – How bad is the destruction in Gaza?
02:25 – Could that Egyptian plan work?
06:01 – Can the Israeli–American plan work?
08:16 – What happens in the interim?
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