Coming in harder: Iran’s new president

Coming in harder: Iran’s new president

Ebrahim Raisi takes office as the country is blamed for multiple attacks in the region; a more mistrustful, hardline and aggressive regime awaits. Our correspondent meets a woman first trafficked into a sprawling Bangladeshi brothel at age 12 and who is now in charge of it. And the high-tech shoes that may be contributing to tumbling world records in Tokyo.

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The Intelligence: Vietnam’s golden opportunity

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The Intelligence: Indonesia’s election, more TikTok than tick-box

The Intelligence: Indonesia’s election, more TikTok than tick-box

Campaigning for a coming election in the world’s fourth-most-populous country has been almost entirely policy-free: a good social-media presence is nearly all candidates need. As the Panama Canal drie...

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Drum Tower:  Competing for kids

Drum Tower: Competing for kids

China’s decades-long economic boom was powered by workers who migrated from the countryside to cities to find jobs. But to do so, many of them had to leave their children behind. Now some cities are v...

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The Intelligence: China’s ever grander property crisis

The Intelligence: China’s ever grander property crisis

One of the country’s biggest property companies, Evergrande, has been crippled by its debt. What does a new court order mean for prospective homebuyers, and the firm’s creditors? Is there a way for Jo...

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The Intelligence: Iran increases the stakes in the Middle East

The Intelligence: Iran increases the stakes in the Middle East

Iran-backed proxies have killed three American soldiers and injured dozens of others in their weekend strike. A response from the Pentagon seems inevitable, but what might it look like? If Britain wan...

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The Weekend Intelligence: Digital Ghosts

The Weekend Intelligence: Digital Ghosts

As life moves progressively online, it is becoming increasingly possible to keep people alive in the digital sense. Tech companies are starting to use AI to simulate the personalities of the dead from...

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The Intelligence: Milei’s laborious reforms

The Intelligence: Milei’s laborious reforms

For decades, Argentina’s labour unions have seemed like they can’t be touched. But the country’s new radical, libertarian president is daring to try. Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, two new films exp...

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The Intelligence: what AI could mean for the world’s poorest

The Intelligence: what AI could mean for the world’s poorest

Generative artificial intelligence dominated conversations at Davos this year. How might education and healthcare be transformed as the technology reaches the developing world? The Notre Dame Cathedra...

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