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Finance & economics
Why house prices are surging once again
In America, Australia and parts of Europe, property markets have shrugged off higher interest rates
Asia
Vladimir Putin’s dangerous bromance with Kim Jong Un
Russia’s dictator may arrive in Pyongyang this week
The Americas
Why Latin America is the world’s trade pipsqueak
Its geography hinders commerce. But so does policy
The world in brief
A two-day summit on Ukraine ended in a joint declaration, signed by 80 countries, that stated that Ukraine’s “territorial integrity” must be the basis for any peace...
Binyamin Netanyahu called an 11-hour daily pause of military activity announced by the Israel Defence Forces “unacceptable”, according to an official...
Some 250,000 people attended protests against the far-right in France on Saturday, according to the interior ministry...
With the mercury soaring above 40C, 19 people have died while on the haj in Saudi Arabia...
What Indian business expects from Modi 3.0
After a brief panic, investors and bosses welcome the new government
Bartleby: How Gen Zs rebel against Asia’s rigid corporate culture
Young workers are striking, slouching off and setting sail
Thousands of American pensioners are retiring on college campuses
For universities, the boomer business is one way of responding to the enrolment cliff
How Les Bleus went from zeroes to heroes
“Va-Va-Voom” chronicles the turnaround of the French men’s national team
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World news
Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia
The superpower is seeking to ease tensions with at least some of America’s allies
The new front in China’s cyber campaign against America
Big powers are preparing for wartime sabotage
A remarkable new era begins in South Africa
A national unity government can save democracy and the economy
Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars
Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
America’s election
A second Trump term: from unthinkable to probable
Introducing our 2024 American election forecast model
Five months out, Donald Trump has a clear lead
America’s presidential race is no coin flip, says our forecast
Lexington: Joe Biden’s best chance to shake up the race
But in debating Donald Trump, he faces graver public doubts and a greater challenge than he did in 2020
Might Wisconsin’s redrawn state-legislative districts help Biden win?
Democrats hope newly competitive local contests will boost turnout in the swing state
The rapid rise of Chinese science
How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science?
If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
China has become a scientific superpower
From plant biology to superconductor physics the country is at the cutting edge
A price war breaks out among China’s AI-model builders
It may stymie innovation
The tech wars are about to enter a fiery new phase
America, China and the battle for supremacy
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Business, finance and economics
Rumours of the trade deal’s death are greatly exaggerated
Plenty of countries are in a dealmaking rush
America seems immune to the world economy’s problems
Elsewhere, political dysfunction and fiscal frailties are taking a toll
The EU hits China’s carmakers with hefty new tariffs
Duties will only hold them back for a while
Schumpeter: Hey Siri! Help me get Apple out of an AI-shaped hole
Tim Cook’s prayer to the almighty
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If a bestseller list shuns authors it dislikes, it should say so
Bestseller lists are supposed to reflect sales, not political ideology
Britain’s election
Britain’s party manifestos lack detail but leave clues
Labour’s cagey plan would not give them a mandate for radical reform
What would a rout do to the Tories?
A historic electoral defeat would be unlikely to prompt a speedy reckoning
Bagehot: What separates Tony Blair’s Labour from the party today?
The approach to globalisation is the clearest dividing-line of all
UK election 2024
General-election forecast: will Labour destroy the Conservatives
Our seat-by-seat prediction for Britain’s next Parliament
The Israel-Hamas war
Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
For all America’s optimism, the two sides look fundamentally irreconcilable
Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot leave Israel’s war cabinet
Will this force Binyamin Netanyahu at last to decide to push for a ceasefire?
Talk of war between Israel and Lebanon is growing
Israel and Hizbullah would still prefer to avoid one, but that is getting ever harder to do
Who is responsible for feeding Gaza?
Arguments fly over Israel’s duty to maintain aid
The war in Ukraine
1843 magazine | “Monkeys with a grenade”: inside the nuclear-power station on Ukraine’s front line
Former employees say the plant is being dangerously mismanaged by the Russians
Politics overshadows a conference to raise money for Ukraine
Not to mention the continued fighting
Ukraine has a navy that needs no sailors
It does a surprisingly good job of destroying Russian vessels
In Crimea, Ukraine is beating Russia
The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces
Other highlights
William Anders took the photo that kicked off the environmental movement
The Apollo 8 astronaut and nuclear engineer died on June 7th, aged 90
1843 magazine | Can fasting help you live to 100?
An Italian doctor thinks it can – and he’s got a diet to sell you
How Chinese computing nerds cracked a linguistic conundrum
Specifically, how to write Chinese characters using a Western keyboard
Kung fu gives Africans their kicks
A rare soft-power export from China is spreading across the continent
Edition: June 15th 2024
The rise of Chinese science: Welcome or worrying?
Our US election-forecast model
Five months out, Donald Trump has a clear lead
Macron’s gamble
France’s president wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole
The war for AI talent
Big tech firms scramble to fill gaps as brain drain sets in
Is the New York Times bestseller list biased?
Our investigation suggests it is
Special reports: May 11th 2024
Worlds apart
The American-led financial order is giving way to a more divided one
The global financial system is in danger of fragmenting
How crises reshaped the world financial system
The movement of capital globally is in decline
National payment systems are proliferating
The fight to dethrone the dollar
How the financial system would respond to a superpower war
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