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  1. Silver-year strongman: 25 years of Narendra Modi

    <p>We examine the record of the man at the helm of India’s government. As protests pose a fresh threat, where will he take the country next? From New Hampshire to Virginia, our American-midterms series takes you to the races you might be mi

  2. Effective non-altruism: Elon Musk’s foundation

    <p>The world’s richest person does not say much nice about philanthropy, and his foundation does not say much about itself. Our correspondent <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/10/13/elon-musks-foundation-is-opaque-miserly-

  3. Bye bye Bibi? Israel’s election results

    <p>Binyamin Netanyahu has underperformed but so has his main opponent, Gadi Eisenkot. Who will form a government? We decipher what the <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/28/israels-voters-deny-binyamin-neta

  4. Act of Claude: Anthropic’s IPO bid

    <p>It would be the first public listing from a frontier-AI firm—and perhaps the largest IPO of all time. We comb through <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/10/26/dont-expect-supersize-profits-from-anthropic-any-time-soon?ut

  5. From this day, fourth: Lula’s surprise win

    <p>Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, staged a <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/10/26/lula-the-great-survivor-makes-history?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_cont

  6. Songs of disenchantment: the sorrow of Nigeria

    <p><u><a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/01/nigerians-dislike-their-president-but-may-re-elect-him-anyway?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.

  7. Dunes and gloom: MBS’s annus horribilis

    <p>This week, <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/19/everything-is-going-wrong-for-muhammad-bin-salman?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.a

  8. Cash test: can Europe support Ukraine alone?

    <p>Donald Trump’s administration is turning against <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/18/as-america-turns-against-ukraine-europe-stands-alone?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_co

  9. Disorder of magnitude: France’s riots

    <p>What started as student protests ballooned into national lawlessness. The disorder plays into the hands of France’s political extremes; <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/18/expect-violent-protests-to-erupt-in-france-ag

  10. Independence eh? Canada’s referendum

    <p>The province of Alberta will vote on secession today. It is unlikely to go ahead, but the separatist vibe is just one of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2026/10/15/donald-trump-may-save-canada?

  11. Schrödinger’s chat: can AI and scientists co-exist?

    <p>In recent weeks, AI has solved hundreds of previously unanswered maths problems. Our correspondents ask if machines can do the same in other areas of <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/10/15/what-if-the-machines-take-over

  12. An interview with Alice Weidel

    <p>Under Alice Weidel’s leadership the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a right-wing populist party, has been riding high. A series of successes in state elections have brought it closer than ever to power at national level. Ms Weidel is perh

  13. Who wants to be a millennial? Generation comeback

    <p>Their struggles to get jobs or buy homes once propelled political movements. Now many <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/10/11/dont-feel-sorry-for-millennials-they-are-living-it-up-now?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_

  14. Kicking Kyiv: Trump’s doubtful deals

    <p>Donald Trump claims to have <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/12/donald-trump-is-again-threatening-to-cut-off-arms-to-ukraine?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discove

  15. Unrest in peace: misery in Gaza

    <p>A year ago Donald Trump created the Board of Peace to rebuild <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/01/jared-kushner-has-a-245bn-recovery-plan-for-gaza?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_sour

  16. Saudi under siege: Houthis attack airport

    <p>This weekend, Yemeni rebels <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/11/saudi-arabia-is-increasingly-under-siege?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.c

  17. Saving your bacon: healthy-eating policy evolves

    <p>Decades of messaging have not worked, so governments are trying <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2026/10/08/nagging-people-to-eat-healthily-does-not-work?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theinte

  18. Valley of the shadow of debt: bond-market jitters

    <p>Bond yields across the rich world keep ticking up. We take a global look at where the risks are mounting most, and just how much worry is warranted. What might have once seemed fanciful is becoming real: delivering daylight to dark parts

  19. Gilets jeunes? France’s school protests

    <p>What started as a small protest about conditions of a school and of schooling has <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/02/schoolyard-protests-are-setting-france-ablaze?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_sou

  20. House call: Spain’s snap election

    <p>Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is gambling that anger about housing might solidify his mandate in a <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/10/05/pedro-sanchez-gambles-on-a-snap-election-and-populist-policies?utm_campaign=a.io&ut

  21. Here comes the son? Brazil’s election tips rightward

    <p>Flávio Bolsonaro, populist-right son of the imprisoned coup architect Jair, received the <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/10/05/all-signs-point-to-a-bolsonaro-comeback-in-brazil?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.p

  22. Coffer stop: AI may shrink tax base

    <p>If Artificial Intelligence results in job losses or lower salaries, <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/29/how-the-ai-boom-could-worsen-the-rich-worlds-fiscal-crunch?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podc

  23. Trial and terror: Russia escalates Kyiv campaign

    <p>Russia has embarked on a <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/29/putins-new-bombardment-of-kyiv-has-a-terrible-logic?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.a

  24. Cheques and the City: Premier League disgrace

    <p>An independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of breaching over 100 rules. What penalty will the Premier League exact? Russia’s increasingly <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/09/21/russias-grey-zone-attacks-o

  25. Brazil rut: Lula v Bolsonaro, again

    <p>On October 4th, Brazil faces a polarising <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/09/24/brazil-turns-its-back-on-the-future?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content

  26. Foiled plot: did Iran plan British base attack?

    <p>Five men are in custody under suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences after being arrested near a British military base used by American aircraft. This could mark a significant escalation in Iranian hybrid warfare. What <u><a href

  27. Big meet, little meat: the Trump-Xi summit

    <p>Not much of real substance appears to have emerged from the get-together. But our correspondent says there are clues of how both sides view an evolving relationship. Tommy Robinson, a British far-right influencer, is increasingly well kn

  28. Home disadvantage: risks in housing markets

    <p>Rich-world house prices survived the last fit of interest-rate rises; our correspondent lays out why they <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/20/house-prices-survived-the-last-interest-rate-rise-will-they-

  29. National front-runner: who can beat Le Pen?

    <p>Marine Le Pen, party leader of France’s populist-right National Rally, starts her fourth presidential bid with a commanding lead. The country’s political centre is broad, fragmented—and <u><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/0

  30. The mob rule: criminality consumes South Africa

    <p>An illicit shadow economy, rampant extortion and the capture of the criminal justice system: mafia members and tactics are <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/09/14/south-africa-is-at-risk-of-becoming-a-mafia-s

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