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A new six-part podcast series about the generation that blew up American politics
“Dateline” history quiz
This week: Labour’s triumph; Beckermania
US in brief
Foreign leaders head to Washington for NATO summit
Business
Once high-flying Boeing is now a corporate criminal
Its woes illustrate the excesses of a lean-and-mean era in corporate America
The world in brief
During a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, said that war “cannot solve problems” and that peace is “of utmost importance”...
Sir Keir Starmer gave his first speech to Britain’s Parliament since his Labour Party was elected to government in a landslide victory...
Dyson will fire 1,000 employees in Britain, more than a quarter of its local workforce, as part of a global cost-cutting drive...
Porsche said its deliveries dropped by 7% in the first half of 2024, compared with the same period a year earlier...
A big donor says Joe Biden’s team has gone all Trumpian
The president is deluding himself. Democrats are better than that, says Ari Emanuel
Meet a leading Trump vice-presidential contender
How Doug Burgum went from dark horse to favourite
The drama of election night: a critical guide
In a bumper year for voting, elections are the top-billing show
The unsteady comeback of the California condor
The bird’s plight is a study in unintended consequences
Boom!
A new six-part podcast series about the generation that blew up American politics
“Dateline” history quiz
This week: Labour’s triumph; Beckermania
US in brief
Foreign leaders head to Washington for NATO summit
Video
More on America’s election
Joe Biden’s ABC interview will not quell doubts about his future
Nor will it resolve the Democratic Party’s dilemma
Why Biden must withdraw
The president and his party portray themselves as the saviours of democracy. Their actions say otherwise
Who might Donald Trump pick as his running-mate?
The Republican nominee has a number of hopefuls to pick from
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
World news
Trump and other populists will haunt NATO’s 75th birthday party
Threats to Western alliances lie both within and without the club
After a deadlocked election, can anyone govern France?
The country is scrambling to find a new prime minister
A reformer wanting a nuclear deal with America wins Iran’s election
Voters turned their backs on hardliners for Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist candidate
China’s presence in Latin America has expanded dramatically
The region’s leaders are failing to consider the risks of growing dependence
Business, finance and economics
America’s giant armsmakers are being outgunned
Why there is little sign of a defence-industry bonanza in a post-peace world
The world’s richest countries in 2024
Our annual ranking compares economies in three different ways
Why Finland and others are vaccinating people against bird flu
The virus is spreading undetected in mammals
What next for Amazon as it turns 30?
From Prime Video to AWS, the e-empire is stitching together its disparate parts
Summer reads
The rise of Mollywood, India’s more subtle film hub
Instead of relying on big dance numbers, Malayalam movies tell stories
Why travel guidebooks are not going anywhere
Despite predictions that the internet would kill them
Mexico has become a testing ground for psychedelic therapies
From ibogaine to LSD, the benefits of psychedelics are not yet backed up by strong medical evidence
Books (and films) about the joy and pain of music festivals
From Bethel to the Bahamas
Britain’s election
How shallow was Labour’s victory in the British election?
The British party system may be fragmenting but voters delivered a coherent message
Labour has won the British election. Now it has to seize the moment
A volatile electorate and a strong showing for Reform UK are no reason for caution
Bagehot: What now for Britain’s right-wing parties
The Conservatives, Reform UK and the regressive dilemma
Labour’s victory is good for Britain’s union of four countries
It is not clear how long that will last
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The world’s most studied rainforest is still yielding new insights
Even after a century of research, Barro Colorado in Panama continues to shed light on natural life
Israel and its enemies
The next terrifying war: Israel v Hizbullah
It would feature kamikaze drones, mass blackouts and the largest missile barrage in history
Is the American-built pier in Gaza useful or a fiasco?
The Economist went to see
Is a Palestinian state a fantasy?
Amid war in Gaza, the prospect is at once more relevant than ever and more distant
Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
For all America’s optimism, the two sides look fundamentally irreconcilable
The war in Ukraine
How many Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine?
Four charts illustrate a grim new milestone
Ukraine’s war has created millions of broken families
Children and wives have been apart from their fathers and husbands for more than two years
Ukraine has a month to avoid default
Lending to a borrower at war entails an additional gamble: that it will win
Death and destruction in a Russian city
Russians in the border city of Belgorod have become victims too in the war Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine
Edition: July 6th 2024
No way to run a country
The state we’re in
A tour of Britain—and of the past 14 years of Conservative rule
Imagining a war in Lebanon
It would feature kamikaze drones, mass blackouts and the largest missile barrage in history
In its prime: Amazon at 30
Three factors will define its next decade
Technology Quarterly: Spycraft
And so has the world in which they are used,
Special reports: July 13th 2024
Must try harder
Schools in rich countries are making poor progress. They need to get back to basics, argues Mark Johnson
