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<p>Two more state-election results reveal surging support for both the far-right AfD and the populist-left Die Linke parties. Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself described the outcome as <a href="https:...
<p>After a visit to <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2026/09/17/russia-has-entered-a-new-phase-of-total-war?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_cont...
<p>Though a growing share of the British population is anxious about Islam, they have no reason to be. <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/09/10/islamism-is-a-threat-to-britain-islam-is-no...
<p>After years of stalemate, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/09/13/the-houthis-shock-advance-in-yemen-gives-iran-new-leverage?utm_campaig...
<p>For 15 years, the British media dismissed Tommy Robinson as a far-right extremist. We kept him off our televisions, and out of our newspapers. </p><br><p>Today his rallies attract tens of thou...
<p>OpenAI’s claim to have solved one of the great problems in mathematics has itself created problems. We ask why the breakthrough has <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09...
<p>The labour data are in from America and a trend is <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/04/the-jobs-apocalypse-is-postponed-an-ai-jobs-boom-is-here?utm_campaign=a.io&utm...
Shire Folk is the story of how some of the most powerful people in America came to see Britain—and Islam—through the eyes of a fringe football hooligan.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Ho...
<p>President Javier Milei has tamed inflation and improved the lot of many Argentines. But an election season approaches, and the promised economic and wage growth are <a href="https://www.economist.c...
<p>After the devastating <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/08/27/the-terrifying-mechanics-of-the-nepali-flash-flood?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_sourc...
<p>Behind the scenes, Artificial Intelligence is playing a growing role in every aspect of <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/04/hollywood-is-entering-its-ai-era?utm_campaign=a.io&utm...
