The Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?
Mumbai is famously an open city, known for welcoming all comers, regardless of colour, caste, or creed. But as the city goes about building its future, Economist correspondent Leo Mirani, a proud Mumb...
18 Mai 202446min
Swat off the press: Meta v Canada’s news ploy
A bid to squeeze money from social-media platforms that link to news content has backfired: what was intended to help publishers is instead harming them. America’s workers still work more than Europe’...
17 Mai 202423min
Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life
An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—much of which is his own doing. A vote today among auto workers in America’s historically union-unfriendly ...
16 Mai 202424min
Expenses claims: Trump’s hush-money trial
Michael Cohen has been testifying in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. Did the former president’s fixer provide what the prosecution had hoped for? The Middle East has a militia problem. Many of the re...
15 Mai 202425min
The morale of the story: Ukraine’s front lines
At a hidden command centre our correspondent finds deflated but defiant soldiers. Fight against Russia now, they say, or fight for Russia against Europe later. With inflation poised to play a critical...
14 Mai 202425min
Fear on draft: Ukraine’s fraught mobilisation
A chat with the deputy boss of Ukraine’s military intelligence reveals concerns about a dearth of weapons—but the struggle to get new recruits is also proving problematic. The Chinese Communist Party ...
13 Mai 202422min
The Weekend Intelligence: Baseball at the border
Sarah Birke and Aryn Braun report frequently on tensions at the border between America and Mexico—even more so during a year in which both countries have elections. But rarely do you hear from the peo...
11 Mai 202450min
The Intelligence: The next stage of the tech wars
The battles for supremacy in chipmaking and green technology industries are raging on. Re-electing Donald Trump will likely make America’s approach even more anti-China, and a move towards autarky com...
10 Mai 202425min
