Cryptic message: why arrest Telegram’s founder?

Cryptic message: why arrest Telegram’s founder?

As Pavel Durov sits in a French cell waiting to find out if he will be charged, our correspondent probes the links between Telegram and Russia. What central bankers and monetary policy specialists have been talking about at their annual jamboree at Jackson Hole (9:16). And we answer another listener question: how might Artificial Intelligence help people with disabilities (16:19)?


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Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan

Neighbour-rattling: India strikes Pakistan

Two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, Indian missiles streaked into Pakistan. Will the retaliation end this latest flare-up or intensify it? Our correspondent meets Alexandre de Moraes, a swa...

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Trailer: Boss Class Season 2

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Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to help. The second season of Boss Class features lead...

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First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker

First not past the post: Germany’s chancellor shocker

In a post-war first, Germany’s round of parliamentary voting for a chancellor did not produce one. We ask why members of Friedrich Merz’s coalition turned on him, and what happens next. Daring raids o...

6 Mai 202522min

Trailer: Boss Class Season 2

Trailer: Boss Class Season 2

Good bosses are rare. They don’t have to be. The skills of management can be learned.The Economist’s management columnist, Andrew Palmer, is here to help. The second season of Boss Class features lead...

5 Mai 20252min

People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead

People vilify plastic. they should use it better instead

Many people view plastic as an environmental disaster that blights landscapes and chokes marine life. Our correspondent argues that instead we need to better understand this miracle material. To make ...

5 Mai 202522min

Aussie rules: give Trumpism the boot

Aussie rules: give Trumpism the boot

Australia’s Conservative party was on the ascent until Donald Trump took office in January. At the polls this weekend, the dominant concern is who will stand up to the new White House administration. ...

2 Mai 202524min

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 Mai 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 Apr 202525min

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