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Inside Ethiopia’s Chinese megafactory
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, can Chinese investors help Ethiopia become a factory of the world?
Apple’s new Siri is a dark horse in the AI race
The iPhone-maker does not need to build models to cash in on the technology
Saint or sinner: Antoni Gaudí’s polarising style
A hundred years after his death, the Spanish architect is both loved and reviled
Britain’s privatised utilities are a mess
But public ownership is a red herring
There Xi goes: visiting North Korea
Also on the daily podcast: Meet Congo’s rebels and Indian restaurants in Japan
The US in Brief: Not quite carte Blanche
Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter
The EU should fully embrace Ukraine
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Bandits in north-west Nigeria abduct villagers they invited to discuss peace talks
Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police sayArmed bandits in north-west Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about...
Armenia’s election is a setback for Vladimir Putin
Russia’s dirty tricks are failing to stop its pivot to the West
China is innovative. Its economy is a mess. Which matters more?
A question that will define the 21st century
A bidding war erupts for the world’s oldest bank
Monte dei Paschi di Siena is suddenly all the rage
How Israel is frustrating Donald Trump’s Iran plans
Binyamin Netanyahu has defied America twice in recent days