Introducing The Weekend Intelligence
The Weekend Intelligence is a new podcast from the award-winning team at The Economist. It’s a space for our reporters and writers to take a break from the news cycle, to tell the stories that mean th...
25 Okt 20231min
The Intelligence: Israeli hostages’ fortunes
A network of captives’ families has sprung up to accomplish what Israel’s government has so far failed to do—and may yet emerge as a political force. Protecting rhinoceroses from poachers is an expens...
25 Okt 202324min
The Intelligence: Navalny’s peril deepens
President Vladimir Putin has long had it in for Alexei Navalny, Russia’s principal opposition figure. But now his lawyers are in peril, too, and Mr Navalny’s privations in prison are ramping up. Gaza’...
24 Okt 202327min
Poll vault: Argentina’s Peronist surprise
After dominating the polls for months, Javier Miliei, a right-wing firebrand, was outshone by the candidate from the ruling Peronist administration. We examine why Mr Milei fell so short and the run-o...
23 Okt 202326min
The day Hamas came: a report from an Israeli kibbutz
They fled round after round of gunfire, hid for hours and saved hundreds of lives. It is a rare story of survival on what was a horrific day for Israel. Mexico’s national oil company has accrued immen...
20 Okt 202326min
Genocide returns: slaughter in Sudan
From a refugee camp in Chad, we speak with those fleeing murder in Darfur. Reporting on the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and a powerful paramilitary group may have slowed, but the suffering h...
19 Okt 202327min
Diplomacy up in smoke: Biden visits Israel
A fatal explosion at a hospital-cum-shelter has led to outrage and the canceling of the very summit that the US president had flown in for. America’s support for Israel is unwavering but could this es...
18 Okt 202325min
Invaluable bonds: rising borrowing costs
America may have avoided a government shutdown last month but its fiscal worries are far from over. And unease in bond markets will spill over into the rest of the world. What can governments do to st...
17 Okt 202325min
