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Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance — as well as science and technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vote with no confidence: Zimbabwe goes to the polls

26 mins; August 23, 2023

Home groan: China’s housing-sector crisis

26 mins; August 22, 2023

Latin lessons: two contrasting elections

21 mins; August 21, 2023

Gun-shy: why Niger’s coup stands, for now

23 mins; August 18, 2023

Make ore break: Latin America’s commodities

25 mins; August 17, 2023

Through the fire: an update from Hawaii

23 mins; August 16, 2023

“Witch hunt”, Part Four: Trump indicted, again

23 mins; August 15, 2023

West-siding story? Turkey’s tactical shift

24 mins; August 14, 2023

In the big leagues now: Saudi Arabia’s push into sport

24 mins; August 11, 2023

Taken too soon: why so many Americans die young

23 mins; August 10, 2023

Trust the processor: America’s CHIPS Act one year on

22 mins; August 09, 2023

Bloc can tackle? ECOWAS and Niger’s coup

27 mins; August 08, 2023

Back to front: visiting Ukraine’s firing line

22 mins; August 07, 2023

Too big tech: is Alphabet approaching a growth ceiling?

26 mins; August 04, 2023

Industrial waste: the world’s misguided manufacturing policies

25 mins; August 03, 2023

Big-claims court: Donald Trump’s latest indictment

24 mins; August 02, 2023

Strong arms: North Korea’s pandemic era weapons program

22 mins; August 01, 2023

Putsched out: Niger’s coup d’état

23 mins; July 31, 2023

Trading criminality for autocracy: El Salvador

25 mins; July 28, 2023

With a grain assault: a deal abandoned

24 mins; July 27, 2023

Forewarned before armed: how to predict war

26 mins; July 26, 2023

Squash court: Israel’s controversial law reform

21 mins; July 25, 2023

Small-Vox symptoms: Spain’s elections

24 mins; July 24, 2023

Palace intrigue: the Kremlin after the mutiny

24 mins; July 21, 2023

Runaway soldier: American detained in North Korea

22 mins; July 20, 2023

Model growth: Tesla’s ambitious plans

22 mins; July 19, 2023

Charming the prince: Biden seeks a deal with Saudi Arabia

25 mins; July 18, 2023

Cruel summer: heatwaves rage across the world

24 mins; July 17, 2023

Mass destruction: is the Ethiopian government covering up war crimes?

28 mins; July 14, 2023

Second thoughts: Donald Trump’s policy plans

26 mins; July 13, 2023

AI-pocalypse: predicting the threat from artificial intelligence

23 mins; July 12, 2023

Rutte, damn: the Dutch prime minister steps down

27 mins; July 11, 2023

States, disunited: the controversy around cluster bombs

27 mins; July 10, 2023

I spy: meeting Ukraine’s intelligence chief

27 mins; July 07, 2023

Clone wars: Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter

23 mins; July 06, 2023

Group dynamics: Wagner in Africa

23 mins; July 05, 2023

Break camp: Israel’s West Bank raids

25 mins; July 04, 2023

Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

23 mins; July 03, 2023

Hot to trot: the up sides of climate migration

24 mins; June 30, 2023

Antitrust, the process: America’s competition cops

24 mins; June 29, 2023

Juan way, or another? Argentina’s election

20 mins; June 28, 2023

Belarusian roulette: a mutiny’s aftermath

23 mins; June 27, 2023

Putin’s chef spoils the broth: mutiny in Russia

27 mins; June 26, 2023

Pro-life post-Dobbs: America’s anti-abortion campaigns

28 mins; June 23, 2023

No guarantees: NATO members debate Ukraine’s future

24 mins; June 22, 2023

Balancing of Powers: India’s foreign policy

27 mins; June 21, 2023

Abodes well? The housing crash that wasn’t

24 mins; June 20, 2023

More Blinken meetings: a diplomatic visit to China

25 mins; June 19, 2023

I, of the tiger: India’s influential diaspora

25 mins; June 16, 2023

Guilty party: Boris Johnson’s lies catch up with him

24 mins; June 15, 2023

Call of duties: the global costs of war

25 mins; June 14, 2023

Death of a salesman: Silvio Berlusconi

24 mins; June 13, 2023

Gain, wait: Ukraine’s tentative push

25 mins; June 12, 2023

Charged up: Trump’s latest indictment

26 mins; June 09, 2023

No Khan do: Pakistan’s meddling army

24 mins; June 08, 2023

Not born yesterday: the world’s ageing population

26 mins; June 07, 2023

Dam and blast: Ukraine launches counter-offensive

24 mins; June 06, 2023

Trouble in Shangri-La: Sino-American tensions escalate

24 mins; June 05, 2023

League of her own: Sheikh Hasina’s grip on Bangladesh

27 mins; June 02, 2023

On pain of death: Uganda’s anti-LGBT law

22 mins; June 01, 2023

Debtors’ prism: mounting crises of Africa’s loans

25 mins; May 31, 2023

Cash out: the digital-payments revolution

27 mins; May 30, 2023

Poor more years! Erdogan triumphs in Turkey

21 mins; May 29, 2023

Russian lessons: new and improved war tactics

26 mins; May 26, 2023

A Ron turn: DeSantis’s disastrous announcement

24 mins; May 25, 2023

Still the one that I want: Greece’s prime minister wins again

24 mins; May 24, 2023

Narcos and avocados: Mexico’s diversifying drug cartels

28 mins; May 23, 2023

Raise the roof? America’s debt-ceiling debacle

27 mins; May 22, 2023

The Economist: Kissinger on avoiding world war

52 mins; May 20, 2023

Shining armour: China’s new fleet

26 mins; May 19, 2023

In from the cold: Assad’s diplomatic redemption

23 mins; May 18, 2023

Better call Kissinger: an interview with the renowned diplomat

29 mins; May 17, 2023

New school Thais: a military establishment voted out

25 mins; May 16, 2023

Changing the Guard? Turkey’s inconclusive election

24 mins; May 15, 2023

Suck in the middle: the hole in America’s consumer base

26 mins; May 12, 2023

Autocrat v bureaucrat: Turkey’s crucial vote

28 mins; May 11, 2023

A scratch in the Teflon: Trump’s sexual-battery loss

27 mins; May 10, 2023

Ukraine 2.0: a revealing visit to Kyiv

29 mins; May 09, 2023

Good, bad and ugly: the Taliban and Afghanistan

29 mins; May 08, 2023

Another season of the crown: the coronation of Charles III

29 mins; May 05, 2023

Difference between right and Ron: DeSantis miscalculates

23 mins; May 04, 2023

Another think coming? An AI pioneer steps down

28 mins; May 03, 2023

Re-route of all evil: transnational crime and Ukraine’s war

22 mins; May 02, 2023

Long shots: the complex nature of civil wars

23 mins; May 01, 2023

Without reserves: Bolivia faces an economic crisis

25 mins; April 28, 2023

Rising Starmer: An interview with Britain’s opposition leader

27 mins; April 27, 2023

One Good Term Deserves Another: Biden Declares

25 mins; April 26, 2023

Brazilian balancing act: Lula’s foreign policy plans

25 mins; April 25, 2023

Khartoum is burning: fighting continues in Sudan

25 mins; April 24, 2023

Tick, Tick, Boom: SpaceX launches Starship

27 mins; April 21, 2023

Revolution Song: Myanmar’s unending war

29 mins; April 20, 2023

Fighting chance: Ukraine prepares for counter-offensive

24 mins; April 19, 2023

A cut above the West: America’s astounding economy

25 mins; April 18, 2023

A tough transition: unrest in Sudan

25 mins; April 17, 2023

Never-ending storeys: rebuilding Turkey

25 mins; April 14, 2023

Make the world’s money go ‘round: a bunged-up IMF

25 mins; April 13, 2023

File-sharing: America’s huge intelligence leak

24 mins; April 12, 2023

Hard pact to follow: the Good Friday Agreement at 25

24 mins; April 11, 2023

Home economics: housing markets’ future

18 mins; April 10, 2023

Space invaded: video games’ stunning growth

29 mins; April 07, 2023

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