Why technology firms are shedding workers
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Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
The upstart hands the populist a crushing defeat
Inflation was heating up even before the war in Iran
Kolkata’s pleasantness is not something to celebrate
A furore over student debt renews debates about dud degrees
But there is also a chance the war is about to get worse
Their best hope may be an interim deal that buys time for more talks
Our planetary-affairs editor, Oliver Morton, looks at the connection between space travel and climate science
John Prideaux, our US editor, reflects on the president’s threats to wipe out Iranian civilisation