Why do so many women tear their anterior cruciate ligament? We explain

2024-02-16

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, has died in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle, according to the Russian prison service. Listen to this excerpt on Navalny’s life and career from our podcast series “Next Year in Moscow”.

Original podcast: Producers: Sam Colbert, Pete Naughton, Ksenia Barakovskaya, Lika Kremer; Sound design: Weidong Lin; Original music: Darren Ng; Executive producer: John Shields.

00:00 – Alexei Navalny has died
01:14 – Navalny’s poisoning
07:26 – Returning to Russia
11:40 – His political work
18:50 – Navalny’s prison sentence
21:27 – Alexei Navalny’s legacy

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Obit: Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity:
https://econ.st/3OMDcmq

Read our 2020

2024-02-13

Prabowo Subianto, the frontrunner in Indonesia’s election, hides a dark past. He has been accused of war crimes, overseeing the abduction of democracy activists and falsely declaring victory in two elections. Who is Prabowo and what does this election mean for the most powerful nation in South-East Asia?

00:00 – Who is Prabowo?
00:41 – Prabowo’s attitude to democracy
01:23 – What does this election mean for Indonesia?

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Who will be the next leader of Indonesia? – Indonesian election tracker: https://econ.st/3UBiBoW

A controversial general looks likely to be Indonesia’s next leader: https://econ.st/49ApJGB

Five reasons why Indonesia’s election matters: https://econ.st/48tN3F7

The favourite in Indonesia’s

2024-02-08

Things look bleak in the Middle East after Binyamin Netanyahu scorned America’s push for an end to the fighting. But in private he’s said to be more flexible. Could diplomacy actually work?

00:00 – The Saudi normalisation deal
00:42 – Israel and Saudi Arabia’s history
01:10 – How to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
02:26 – Will the deal happen?

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To read more on the conflict, visit our Israel and Hamas hub: https://econ.st/3HPfwtU

Israel scorns America’s unprecedented peace plan: https://econ.st/3SO4knJ

How to end the Middle East’s agony: https://econ.st/3OCHrRw

Listen to our podcast on Antony Blinken: the hardest working man in diplomatic business: https://econ.st/3OyKkCQ

America’s shuttle diplomacy to

2024-01-04

A new wave of artificial intelligence is starting to transform the way the entertainment industry operates. Who will be the winners and losers?

01:07 AI is changing the music business
04:09 How big data revolutionised entertainment industries
05:20 Can AI predict a film’s success?
09:26 How generative AI is creating new opportunities
12:36 What are the risks of generative AI?

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The world wants to regulate AI, but does not quite know how: https://econ.st/477Qb98

Watch our previous film about how AI is transforming the creative industries: https://econ.st/45VBnJU

A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI: https://econ.st/3QgM5EZ

How AI could change computing, culture and the course of history

2023-12-13

To save the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s President Lula must work out who owns it. But with 22 different agencies registering land claims–and many of them overlapping–it’s not an easy task.

00:00 – How is Amazonian land distributed?
00:27 – How do land claims conflict?
01:15 – How is Lula helping?

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Read our coverage on the Brazilian Amazon: https://econ.st/3NnFA2l

Why the world should pay to conserve rainforests: https://econ.st/48gfnuW

Latin America could lead the way on green power: https://econ.st/41hWHbA

2023-12-08

In the days before the October 7th attack short selling of Israeli stocks spiked in New York, making someone a lot of money. How likely is it that a Hamas insider was behind it?

00:00 – Pre-war stock market changes
00:33 – What happened to the stocks?
01:03 – Who was behind it?

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Read our coverage on Israel and Hamas: https://econ.st/46Ka8Cy

Did Hamas make millions trading the October 7th attacks?: https://econ.st/4822Zyd

Inside Hamas’s sprawling financial empire: https://econ.st/483x94b