The Economist-2023.09.23

Magazine

Language: English

Publisher: calibre

Published: Sep 21, 2023

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Articles in this issue: Politics Business KAL’s cartoon This week’s covers Ukraine faces a long war. A change of course is needed Asian economies are investing more in the neighbourhood If India ordered a murder in Canada, there must be consequences ChatGPT mania may be cooling, but a serious new industry is taking shape To end AIDS, high-risk countries will need to jab schoolgirls Climate change is coming for America’s property market Letters to the editor To endure a long war, Ukraine is remaking its army, economy and society Western help for Ukraine is likely to diminish next year China isn’t the only country giving out goodies in Asia Demolishing one of Babe Ruth’s last stadiums A devastating accusation by Justin Trudeau against India China’s claim to the South China Sea gets even odder The disappearance of China’s defence minister raises big questions How China uses UNESCO to rewrite history China tells its citizens to be on the lookout for spies China wants to be the leader of the global south Parts of America are becoming uninsurable What Ken Paxton’s acquittal means for Texas Republicans Illinois is the first state in America to abandon cash bail Biden, alone at the top table as the UN withers America’s states are trying to set rules for the internet In America, lots of usable organs go unrecovered or get binned America’s dumbest, wildest budget fight yet Is the end of AIDS in sight? Iran’s $6bn hostage deal is part of a broader diplomatic strategy Lebanon’s prison inmates are running short of food Khalifa Haftar will use Libya’s floods to deepen his control Brazil’s hinterland now resembles Texas Azerbaijan is close to taking control of Nagorno-Karabakh Angst mounts over Germany’s green transition Why the EU will not remain the world’s digital über-regulator Europe’s conservative populists pit migrants against babies Rishi Sunak’s anti-green turn on Britain’s climate targets Britain’s war on drugs enters a new phase What supermarkets reveal about Britain’s economy France rolls out the red carpet for Britain A fight over dangerous dogs in Britain The legacy of Liz Truss The largest freshwater lake in the British Isles has been poisoned Russell Brand was the norm in the nasty noughties Meet the world’s new arms dealers Could OpenAI be the next tech giant? Abu Dhabi throws a surprise challenger into the AI race California cracks down on carbon America’s big car firms face lengthy strikes Big pharma can’t get enough of one class of cancer drugs Friendships in the office What Arm and Instacart say about the coming IPO wave How Asia is reinventing its economic model Why aren’t more people being sacked? Does China’s fear of floating exceed its fear of deflation? Macau offers a new way to get rich How to avoid a common investment mistake Why uranium prices are soaring Renewable energy has hidden costs How common infections can spark psychiatric illnesses in children A chunk of asteroid is coming to Earth Finding alien life may require finding new sorts of planets TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold Publishing used to be packed with parties and punch From myth to art, bears have long captivated people An opera about Steve Jobs is opening in San Francisco Donald Trump and the dramatic power of not turning up The British Empire peaked 100 years ago this month Economic data, commodities and markets China’s “demographic dividend” appears to be a myth Why Poland is halting its supply of weapons to Ukraine What is Khalistan, the independent homeland some Sikhs yearn for? Mangosuthu Buthelezi had his own vision for a democratic South Africa Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)