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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
Alexandra Suich Bass, our culture editor, writes about how Americans and the French cultivate children’s tastes
California’s (white) gold rush