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Drum Tower

What China’s struggle with myopia reveals about the country

Our podcast on China. This week, why a simple precaution to help prevent short-sightedness is meeting resistance from Chinese families

The Intelligence

Africa did not need cables to go mobile. To keep up with AI, now it does

Also on the daily podcast: the stinking Seine and Blair Witch, 25 years on

Editor’s Picks

Why Europe needs Germany to step up

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The Intelligence

Are Israel and Hizbullah on the brink of all-out war?

Also on the daily podcast: Britain’s prison crisis and reimagining chamber music

Editor’s Picks

Lessons on identity politics for Kamala Harris

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The Weekend Intelligence

A rock in a hard place

A story from the South China seas

Checks and Balance

Who is Kamala Harris?

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. We consider what the presumptive Democratic nominee stands for and whether she can win

The Intelligence

Streaming brings Olympic-sized changes to the business of broadcast

Also on the daily podcast: Evan Gershkovich and the illusion of Russian justice, and what it means that Kamala Harris is “brat”

Money Talks

Policy lessons from North America’s second-largest economy

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we speak to deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland about the biggest challenges facing Canada’s government

BOOM!

4. 1994 - Welcome to paradise

The 1940s cohort had finally made it to the White House. But with the Cold War over America would find a new enemy: itself

The Intelligence

The thin gruel of Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

Also on the daily podcast: Nigeria’s staggering food-price inflation gets worse and Starbucks franchises fuel wider innovation

Editor’s Picks

Can Xi Jinping revive China’s unicorn scene?

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist