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Donald Trump’s humiliation offers America an opportunity bit.ly/4kzuitd
After his party’s midterm thumping, Donald Trump posted a picture of a familiar red baseball cap bearing a new slogan: VETO. A sign of things to come? Perhaps economist.com/finance-and-ec…
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So far Abelardo de la Espriella has shown little desire to compromise. In this and much else, Colombia’s flamboyant right-wing populist is following Donald Trump. Register for free to learn why economist.com/the-americas/2…
Some Democrats hope that enough Republicans have grown weary of the Iran war to break ranks. But their near-lockstep vote to shield Pete Hegseth from impeachment offers little encouragement bit.ly/4evNNze
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Republicans are paying the bill for their strong leader and his idiosyncratic agenda. In the campaign to come, they must battle over what their party stands for economist.com/united-states/…
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A journey through the annals of company crises economist.com/business/2026/…
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“When Taiwan goes to the polls, will China make itself more threatening to the Taiwanese, or more attractive?” asks Ker Gibbs. In a guest essay, the author argues the answer could determine the fate of the island economist.com/by-invitation/…
To slow the decline of depopulation, Ukraine is offering incentives. But subsidies have a limited effect on birth rates even in peacetime, experts say, let alone in war. Register for free to read why Russia is celebrating Ukraine’s decline economist.com/europe/2026/11…
But Mattel remains a struggling toymaker economist.com/business/2026/…
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There seems to be a new urgency in the peace process on America’s part. But few believe a window for serious diplomacy has opened economist.com/europe/2026/11…
Wang Huning describes threats to the Communist Party and country economist.com/china/2026/11/…
An unsuccessful attempt to impeach Pete Hegseth is a sign of more trouble ahead economist.com/united-states/…
Authorities “will choose finding a guy who threw his wife out of the window over helping a guy who purchased a bottle of Pétrus in an auction that may be bad”.
1843 explores how the murky nature of fine wine sales has created opportunities for criminals economist.com/interactive/20…
Today on “The Intelligence”: Republicans’ post-midterm post-mortem, the cost of intensive parenting and why underdogs are TV’s new villains economist.com/podcasts/2026/…
Studies suggest moderate consumption is harmless. It may even be beneficial economist.com/science-and-te…
Rocky’s dream is not to be world champion, but simply to prove to himself he isn’t “just another bum from the neighbourhood”. Fifty years on from the film’s release, we explain why it is a fairy tale that knows it’s a fairy tale economist.com/culture/2026/1…
Our podcast on science and technology. This week, the final episode of our four-part series on how scientists are grappling with AI economist.com/podcasts/2026/…
China’s government, having once imposed strict limits on births, is now intensifying efforts to build a “birth-friendly society”. It isn’t doing well. Could “Jane Eyre” help? economist.com/china/2026/10/…
Like many powerful leaders, Nvidia’s co-founder came to believe that he was too important for the normal rules to apply to him. But no boss is irreplaceable bit.ly/3X2lUZA
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The trick lies in how the leaves of different species reflect light economist.com/science-and-te…
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A number of studies have tried to work out exactly how many hours is optimal. This is what they found economist.com/science-and-te…
