Ain’t no party: scandals hobble Britain’s government

Ain’t no party: scandals hobble Britain’s government

At two years into Boris Johnson’s premiership, yet more scandal ensures attention will still stray from the sweeping agenda of change he promised. An archaeological find in the state of Tamil Nadu rewrites the timeline of civilisation in India—raising questions of identity in a charged political atmosphere. And the man listening intently to the staggering variety of Beijing’s birds.

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The Intelligence: Coming to a Nikki end

The Intelligence: Coming to a Nikki end

After a 20-point primary walloping in South Carolina, the state she governed for eight years, Nikki Haley vowed to fight on against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. But why? Se...

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The Intelligence: Ukraine’s war, two years on

The Intelligence: Ukraine’s war, two years on

In this roundtable discussion our editors examine how the past year has progressed, discuss how things may go over the next year and consider a few fundamentally positive truths about the whole confli...

23 Feb 202433min

The Intelligence: No water, no lights, no beds

The Intelligence: No water, no lights, no beds

Hardened war-zone doctors say the situation in Gaza is the worst they have witnessed—and that will cost lives long after the current conflict is resolved. Numbers from America’s tight labour market su...

22 Feb 202423min

The Intelligence: I’m your private lander, a lander for money

The Intelligence: I’m your private lander, a lander for money

If it succeeds—and that is no sure thing—this week’s soft landing of Odysseus will be the first by a private firm. We examine the prospects and the business models of the Moon rush. Our producer visit...

21 Feb 202427min

The Intelligence: Faith-based reeling

The Intelligence: Faith-based reeling

China’s firms are shedding value at pace and foreign investors are starting to look elsewhere. We ask why faith is fading in a market that once looked unstoppable. Slam poetry, an American invention o...

20 Feb 202423min

The Intelligence: Russia after Navalny

The Intelligence: Russia after Navalny

At last President Vladimir Putin’s regime has succeeded in silencing the country’s most prominent opposition figure. What happens next? Demand for electric cars is weakening, particularly in Britain; ...

19 Feb 202423min

The Weekend Intelligence: One day in the life of Alexei Navalny

The Weekend Intelligence: One day in the life of Alexei Navalny

When Alexei Navalny flew back to Russia in 2021 he never made it through passport control. In an excerpt from Next Year in Moscow, The Economist’s series on Russian opposition to the war, today’s epis...

17 Feb 202430min

The Intelligence: Out-of-this-world war

The Intelligence: Out-of-this-world war

This is not science fiction. Space is already a part of modern warfare and as technology advances, it will be an even more crucial sphere. What will extraterrestrial conflict look like? A look at the ...

16 Feb 202427min

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