Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

Riot-geared: the tensions behind France’s unrest

The killing of a teenager in a Paris suburb has ignited national unrest. We ask what is driving the disquiet, and what it means for a president squeezed on both political sides. In high-inflation times, rising wages worry economists—“wage-price spirals” are a textbook bogeyman. But perhaps the risk is overblown (10:34). And the researchers making burgers from extinct animals (18:22).


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The Intelligence: Surveilling China’s diaspora

The Intelligence: Surveilling China’s diaspora

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The Intelligence: Life inside a Russian prison

The Intelligence: Life inside a Russian prison

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The Intelligence: The fallen crypto king learns his fate

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The Intelligence: Moscow massacre

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