A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
The Labour Party takes aim at Nigel Farage and Reform UK
Binyamin Netanyahu hopes he can use this to hold on to office
It is time to relearn the cold-war arts of escalation management
A gathering of generals turns into a surreal, and worrying, political show
NATO navies struggle to contain a new danger on the seas
Anti-government protests reflect profound frustration about poverty and corruption
Despite the central government’s wish to get digging, a potentially lucrative gold mine remains stuck
But improved fertility treatment is still far away
How similar is it to the 1990s telecoms bubble?
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