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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to detained former Myanmar leader for first time in five years
Kim Aris says ‘hearing her voice again means more than words can express’ amid loosening of detention restrictionsThe son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to speak...
The surprising popularity of AI
Unlike rich Westerners, many around the world feel hopeful about the technology
India is pouring money and concrete into its border with China
Can roads and villages secure a state that China claims?
The agony of liberal Europe
Centrist rulers have fallen dangerously short—and are now paying the price
Is the internet still safe?
A string of cyber-security incidents has caused websites to go dark
A genocidal militia was coming for his city. He was one of the last doctors left
The untold story of the last hospital in el-Fasher
Dunes and gloom: MBS’s annus horribilis
Also on the daily podcast: Sam Bankman-Fried phones from prison and Singapore’s toxic smog
New research tries to defuse the “China shock”
An almighty fight over an influential finding
Brazil’s weird economy needs serious reform
Neither Lula nor Flávio Bolsonaro have the stomach for it
AI compute is the new oil—and needs a new market
Financial firms race to create instruments to trade processing power
Why Elizabeth Holmes still captures the imagination
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
China wants to revive the spirit of the Long March
That means keeping in lockstep with Xi Jinping