Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

The killing of a teenager in a Paris suburb has ignited national unrest. We ask what is driving the disquiet, and what it means for a president squeezed on both political sides. In high-inflation times, rising wages worry economists—“wage-price spirals” are a textbook bogeyman. But perhaps the risk is overblown (10:34). And the researchers making burgers from extinct animals (18:22).


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Mine craft: US-Ukraine resource deal

Mine craft: US-Ukraine resource deal

America and Ukraine have signed a deal to share the profits of extracting natural resources. Our correspondent explains its significance. How the trade war with China will hit US shoppers (8:29). And ...

1 Touko 202523min

Executive disorder: Trump’s first 100 days

Executive disorder: Trump’s first 100 days

Since Donald Trump took office, there has been a deluge of news. Our correspondent considers what might happen next. Fifty years on from the fall of Saigon, we meet the Vietnamese who fled the country...

30 Huhti 202525min

The Carney army: Canada unites against Trump

The Carney army: Canada unites against Trump

Canada’s election campaign was dominated by Donald Trump’s threats against the nation. Now the Liberal party has won, it faces a tougher fight: confronting the US president. Japanese salarymen used to...

29 Huhti 202521min

Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?

Modi behaviour: will India retaliate against Pakistan?

Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared after the terrorist attack in Kashmir last week. Our correspondent explains what Narendra Modi may do next. Why even priests and the clergy need the fre...

28 Huhti 202520min

Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign

Carney score: last days of Canada’s campaign

Canada’s sovereignty has loomed large in the federal election campaign, but beyond the show of national unity the country’s media and political landscape is riven with division. To counter China’s cap...

25 Huhti 202526min

Fed man walking? Trump v Powell

Fed man walking? Trump v Powell

First, Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, was for the chop; then he was safe. As elsewhere President Donald Trump’s flip-flopping chips away at American credibility. After years of workin...

24 Huhti 202523min

Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling

Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling

The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, however, betray a far more divisive and ideological agenda. Japan’s recent rice crisis is in part about...

23 Huhti 202522min

Cardinals in: choosing the next pope

Cardinals in: choosing the next pope

As the cardinals of the coming conclave prepare, our correspondent considers what will guide them. Which of the church’s challenges will the next pope be elected to address? In Mexico the discovery of...

22 Huhti 202520min

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