Wheels of justice: the ICC gets Duterte at last

2025-01-30

As some of Donald Trump’s most controversial choices (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/29/kash-patel-is-a-crackpot?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) for top jobs are questioned this week, our correspondent analyses how supine Republicans may be in his second term. Has the luxury business passed its peak (https://www.economist.com/business/2024/12/16/why-louis-vuitton-is-struggling-but-hermes-is-not?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) (09:57)? And why scientists are finding new ways to deal with an invasive pest in

2025-01-29

Is America becoming a tech oligarchy? Our business columnist explains why Silicon Valley’s moguls don’t have as much influence over President Trump as it might seem

2025-01-23

A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It is already more lucrative than the illicit drug trade. And it’s about to get bigger and much more powerful.

The Economist’s Sue-Lin Wong follows a trail that starts with the collapse of a bank in rural Kansas to uncover a global, underground scam economy built around human trafficking, corruption and money laundering. Can it be stopped?

Coming soon.

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2025-01-23

After the collapse of the governing “traffic light” coalition in December, the hard-right AfD has a renewed swagger (https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/01/16/how-the-afd-got-its-swagger-back?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). How long can other parties keep it from power? We speak with Syrian refugees (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/12/syrian-refugees-in-europe-are-not-about-to-flock-home?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) heading home at last, following the defenestration of Bashar al-Assad (10:30). And remembering David

2024-11-20

Donald Trump has picked Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, as America’s next secretary of defence. If confirmed by the Senate, he will be one of the youngest-ever men appointed to the post. He will also be the most inexperienced—and quite possibly the most radical. Our defence editor, Shashank Joshi, explains why.

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2024-11-15

Donald Trump admires Vladimir Putin’s strongman style and has failed to condemn his invasion of Ukraine. So why do some people in Kyiv (https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/11/07/why-volodymyr-zelensky-may-welcome-donald-trumps-victory?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) think Trump’s election is good news? African churches (https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/10/24/how-african-churches-are-keeping-the-faith-alive-abroad?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) are springing up across the world (10:20). Our critic reviews

2024-11-08

Donald Trump will come into office in January 2025 more powerful than he was in January 2017. John Prideaux, our US editor, explains why the 47th president will be able to leave an even bigger mark on the country and on the world than he did in his first time

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2024-11-05

America and the world hold their proverbial breath for what has become a dead heat (https://www.economist.com/interactive/us-2024-election/prediction-model/president/?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). Our special episode explains how the vote works and how the count will proceed. We ask what to watch for (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/10/31/what-to-watch-for-on-election-night-and-beyond?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), how countries outside America view the potential outcomes, how the country’s largest swing county