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Electric aviation is taking off
Hybrids, rather than fully electric planes, are likely to triumph
An atlas of financial follies
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC
UK resident was evacuated from Democratic Republic of the Congo where there is an outbreak of the diseaseA humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after...
The Iran war is consuming the Trump presidency
Donald Trump may hate to hear it, but Barack Obama was right about avoiding “stupid shit”
America’s AI labs are under threat from cheap Chinese rivals
Demand for open-weight models is soaring
Where should you move for higher pay?
Some cities merely attract the well remunerated. Others will lift your wages
How investors learned to live with inflation
Fewer than ever believe central bankers will bring it back to target
When a president stops pretending that voters count, disaster beckons
Tiny Nicaragua offers a cautionary tale for democrats everywhere
Blighty newsletter: On safari at the Liz Truss festival of ideas
The conference “was billed as the launchpad for a new era of British conservatism”, writes Sonny Loughran, our Britain correspondent. “It felt more like the end.”
Inside the world’s most important exam (part two)
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, is academic excellence still the best route to a good life in China?
China’s shadowy maritime militia is worryingly active
Big new formations north of Taiwan suggest officials are testing out its capabilities
South America is eradicating hunger
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