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| Plastic pollution is destroying ocean life and coastal livelihoods. With small island states suffering most, what do they reveal about how to solve this global problem? 00:00 The plastic problem 00:43 What challenges do small islands face? 02:48 Where is the plastic coming from? 07:47 How are small islands combating plastic pollution? 11:13 How is plastic waste managed? / Where does plastic end up? 12:30 Future solutions 14:31 The global plastic treaty Sign up to our weekly science newsletter to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3dMaWBt The world’s waste problem is growing fast: https://econ.st/3LAZmXd Watch our film on how chemical pollution is suffocating the sea: https://econ.st/3rLOW0f Making trade greener: https://econ.st/46WQaVJ Watch our film on ocean acidification: https://econ.st/46G1ZPG |
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A brutal attack on Israel by Hamas has spectacularly reignited the long-running conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. We look back over a century of hostilities.
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After its brutal attack, Hamas is calculating its next move: https://econ.st/3trRKAt
Hamas’s attack was an Israeli intelligence failure on multiple fronts: https://econ.st/3Q9Rgrp
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Rampant inflation, a booming black market for US dollars and crippling debt – welcome to Argentina, one of the world’s most dysfunctional economies. How did it end up like this?
00:00 – Argentina’s economy is in crisis
01:21 – What is happening now?
04:16 – Why is this happening?
05:52 – Overspending
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Meet Javier Milei, the front-runner to be Argentina’s next president: https://econ.st/3L9zKkk
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As Ukraine’s long awaited counter-offensive finally begins, The Economist’s Russia and Eastern Europe editor, Arkady Ostrovsky, explores Ukrainian ambitions and strategies.
00:00 – the counter-offensive has begun
00:34 – strategic aims
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The counteroffensive appears to have begun: https://econ.st/3IYpgDe
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Across the developed world, the richer people are, the thinner they tend to be—but the correlation between wealth and weight holds only for women. Why? Alice Fulwood, The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent, reveals the secret economics of thinness.
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