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Plot Twist newsletter: A special 200th edition
Rachel Lloyd our deputy culture editor, reflects on the history of newsletters
Watch: At the scene of Spain's deadly train crash
People have been killed after a Spanish high-speed train collided with another train south of the capital Madrid, making this the country's worst disaster since 2013.
South Africa’s “white party” looks for more black votes
Local elections will highlight the ANC’s steep decline and the role of race in politics
Analysing Africa newsletter: A clash of civilisations in the Horn
Tom Gardner, our Africa correspondent, explains how “civilisational thinking” shapes conflicts in the region
AI is a technological version of the Homeric songs
Its agents are more than stochastic parrots and stranger than machine gods, write Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi
Bye bye Bibi? Israel’s election results
Also on the daily podcast: our American-midterms series takes Georgia and are film critics out of touch?
Welcome to the age of personal AI assistants
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Flávio Bolsonaro has fled Brazil for America
It could mean a fresh start for the country’s political right
Israel’s voters deny Binyamin Netanyahu a majority
His opponents will, nonetheless, probably struggle to form a government
In an AI blow-up, would insurance pay out?
Credit default swaps are back in vogue amid fears of a debt disaster
Donald Trump may love the Middle East to death
The folly of wanting a Middle East run by nationalist strongmen and made rich by global commerce
Blighty newsletter: What a Center Parcs break says about you
Hugo Gye, our Britain political correspondent, does some field research at a holiday park—and learns something about Britons’ wallets