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2025-04-25

Canada’s sovereignty has loomed large in the federal election campaign (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/23/captain-canada-carney-gains-in-the-maple-leaf-v-maga-election?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), but beyond the show of national unity the country’s media and political landscape is riven with division. To counter China’s capabilities, America may have to start building ships (https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/02/20/only-asia-can-help-america-counter-chinas-shipbuilding-prowess?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)

2025-04-22

As the cardinals of the coming conclave prepare, our correspondent considers what will guide them. Which of the church’s challenges (https://www.economist.com/international/2025/04/21/the-coming-struggle-to-choose-the-next-pope?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) will the next pope be elected to address? In Mexico the discovery of a ranch littered with clothing adds disturbing evidence (https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/03/25/a-newly-discovered-killing-site-shocks-mexico?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) to a torrent of

2025-04-13

China and America have hit each other with eye-watering tariffs. It’s an economic poker match between two superpowers but could China have the better cards?

2025-04-10

Just 12 hours after Donald Trump launched his searing regime of tariffs, he paused (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/09/trumps-tariff-pause-brings-investors-relief-but-worries-remain?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) many of them for 90 days. What’s next for global trade? An outlandish proposal to build data centres (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/04/09/could-data-centres-ever-be-built-in-orbit?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) in space (8:14). And why “The Great Gatsby

2025-02-01

Jan Piotrowski, our business columnist, explains why bosses appalled by the billionaire’s right-wing antics are cheering him on in the visa fight #business #economics #tech #musk #usa

2025-01-31

Europe’s far right is on the rise, and with Elon Musk voicing his support, concerns are growing. How worried should we be? Berlin bureau chief, Tom Nuttall, explains

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2025-01-31

Donald Trump wants the Panama Canal back. He’s accused Panama of ripping off America and claimed Chinese soldiers run the canal. Why is Trump so fixated on it now? #geopolitics #panama #panamacanal #uspolitics #trump