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The US in brief
Biden’s new immigration gamble
The Modi Raj
A new podcast series about the world’s most successful elected leader
Finance & economics
France’s next prime minister faces a brutal fiscal crunch
As well as a clash with the European Commission
Finance & economics
Does motherhood hurt women’s pay?
Two new studies suggest not—at least in the long run, and in Scandinavia
The world in brief
Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea for his first visit since 2000...
Nvidia, the leading supplier of AI chips, became the world’s most valuable public company, surpassing Microsoft and Apple after months of jostling for the crown...
President Joe Biden announced a path to legal residency and eventual citizenship for the hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived in America illegally but are married to American citizens...
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Russia-friendly prime minister, endorsed Mark Rutte, the outgoing prime minister of the Netherlands, as NATO’s next secretary-general...
Britain’s Conservatives rule the Thames Estuary. Not for long
Our constituency poll in Gillingham and Rainham shows Labour on track for a thumping win
Banyan: Why caste still matters in Indian politics
Narendra Modi must rethink his approach to Hinduism’s social hierarchy
Why a drone war in Asia would look different from the one in Ukraine
Vast distances mean more propulsion and higher costs
China is going crazy for durians
Locals love the pungent fruit. The government sees an opportunity
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Dateline: The Economist history quiz
The US in brief
Biden’s new immigration gamble
The Modi Raj
A new podcast series about the world’s most successful elected leader
World news
Israel’s northern border is ablaze
Can it fight Hamas and Hizbullah simultaneously?
Ray Kurzweil on how AI will transform the physical world
The changes will be particularly profound in energy, manufacturing and medicine, says the futurist
New research exposes the role of women in America’s slave trade
In the bondage of others they saw their freedom
Vladimir Putin’s dangerous bromance with Kim Jong Un
Russia’s dictator may arrive in Pyongyang this week
Business, finance and economics
Why house prices are surging once again
In America, Australia and parts of Europe, property markets have shrugged off higher interest rates
China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil
Overcapacity has caused prices—and profits—to tumble
Buttonwood: Has private credit’s golden age already ended?
A more competitive market is a less profitable one
The rise of the far right alarms German business leaders
At least, most of them
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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France’s snap election
A hard-right 28-year-old could soon be France’s prime minister
Jordan Bardella is poised, social-media savvy and enigmatic
France is being thrown into uncharted territory
It could soon have a government led by the hard-left or hard-right
How political “cohabitation” works in France
Upcoming parliamentary elections could lead to a new period of political friction
Why France’s president called a snap election
The centre wants to weaken Marine Le Pen’s hard right, in or out of power
America’s election
Republicans are favoured to win the Senate. What would they do?
Congressional Republicans are already considering the art of the possible
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
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Is now the right time to publish a novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline?
A newly translated book by an antisemitic French novelist is sure to spark debate
Britain’s election
What would a rout do to the Tories?
A historic electoral defeat would be unlikely to prompt a speedy reckoning
Britain’s party manifestos lack detail but leave clues
Labour’s cagey plan would not give them a mandate for radical reform
1843 magazine | No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head
Joke candidates reveal the carnival element of British democracy
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
Is the New York Times bestseller list politically biased?
Our investigation suggests it is
Famous Birthdays wants to be the Wikipedia for Gen Z
From mega to micro stars, this is a validation that cannot be paid for
Three charts assess England’s chances of winning the Euros 2024
Bookmakers’ odds may not tell the whole story
Is now the right time to publish a novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline?
A newly translated book by an antisemitic French novelist is sure to spark debate
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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