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Indian election of 2024
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The Intelligence
Today: falling standards in American high schools
The US in brief
Senate primary in Ohio; Texas immigration law frozen
Finance & economics
How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Britain
Without realising it, Britain has become a nation of immigrants
Another surprise: it’s very good at assimilating people
The world in brief
A global-hunger monitor warned that famine could be “imminent” for 300,000 people in northern Gaza, where 70% of residents are experiencing severe food shortage...
China reported stronger industrial activity than expected, with production rising by 7% year-on-year in January and February, the fastest rate in two years...
America condemned Russia’s sham presidential election as “not free or fair” after early results showed Vladimir Putin won 87% of the vote, allowing him another six-year term...
A Supreme Court justice indefinitely blocked a controversial immigration law in Texas from coming into force while legal challenges play out...
Earthquake fears loom large in Istanbul’s mayoral race
The money involved is staggering
Lexington: Binyamin Netanyahu is alienating Israel’s best friends
The meaning of Senator Chuck Schumer’s landmark speech
Fewer states allow abortions, yet American women are having more
What’s going on?
Christine Blasey Ford returns
A new memoir looks back at the drama surrounding Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Indian election of 2024
All our coverage of the contest
The Intelligence
Today: falling standards in American high schools
The US in brief
Senate primary in Ohio; Texas immigration law frozen
Russia’s sham election
How can democracies respond to rigged elections?
A host of Western countries reject the results of Russia’s sham election
Vladimir Putin’s sham re-election is notable only for the protests
The outcome was predetermined, but some Russians honour Navalny’s call
Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine
The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians
Vladivostok is a window into wartime Russia
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is transforming the far-eastern city
The AI boom
Just how rich are businesses getting in the AI gold rush?
Nvidia and Microsoft are not the only winners
How businesses are actually using generative AI
Some experiments with chatbots are more useful than others
Why do Nvidia’s chips dominate the AI market?
The firm has three big advantages
OpenAI’s legal battles are not putting off customers—yet
Elon Musk, the New York Times and trustbusters all want a piece of the startup
The troubles of the young
Making sense of the gulf between young men and women
It’s complicated. But better schooling for boys might help
Why young men and women are drifting apart
Diverging worldviews could affect politics, families and more
How worried should people be about Generation Z?
Two new books fit into a familiar pattern of the old fretting about the young
How the young should invest
Markets have dealt them a bad hand. They could be playing it better
World news
1843 magazine | The one-legged trucker who became a deadly people-smuggler
Transporting undocumented migrants across America can seem like easy money – until everything goes wrong
Amtrak’s ridership is touching record highs
But is the post-pandemic recovery sustainable?
Banyan: Pakistan’s generals look increasingly desperate
A fraudulent election may not keep Imran Khan’s fans at bay
Gulf countries are becoming major players in Africa
African leaders hope the Gulf is the “new China”. Not quite
Business, finance and economics
Charlemagne: Europe’s economy is a cause for concern, not panic
Quick, call another Italian former prime minister to the rescue!
Mexico and Brazil dither as chip supply chains are reforged
American efforts to reduce reliance on Asia for semiconductors present an opportunity
Oil’s endgame could be highly disruptive
The oil shocks of the future will be driven by demand, not supply
Bartleby: Every location has got worse for getting actual work done
Working from nowhere
Strife in the Middle East
Deposing the King of Israel
America wants Binyamin Netanyahu out. But his exit is fraught with dangers
Hopes for a truce in Gaza give way to fears of a long stalemate
The fighting has continued into Ramadan, but neither Israel nor Hamas can achieve much
A shadowy wartime economy has emerged in Gaza
Clans, gangs and dodgy businessmen prosper while Israel clobbers Gaza
An Israeli scholar explains why he no longer supports the war in Gaza
It is now being run mainly for the benefit of Binyamin Netanyahu, argues David Enoch
America’s election year
America’s economy has escaped a hard landing
But there are still pitfalls ahead
Three big risks that might tip America’s presidential election
Third parties, the Trump trials and the candidates’ age introduce a high degree of uncertainty
Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
India’s election
To see India’s future, go south
The country’s regional division could make it—or break it
India’s government implements a controversial citizenship law
It may be trying to please its base shortly before a general election
What is Hindutva, the ideology of India’s ruling party?
It seeks to equate Indianness with Hinduism
Ten charts reveal Narendra Modi’s actual record in office
India’s prime minister talks the big talk. How successful is he really?
Other highlights
British museums remember the 1984 miners’ strike
Their exhibits suggest the country is tired of division
Why is it so hard to write a good book about the tech world?
Blame insularity, secrecy and timing
America’s fentanyl epidemic, explained in six charts
It is among the deadliest scourges the country has ever faced
Maastricht is where museums go on shopping sprees
A fair in a small Dutch city is a window on the art world and collecting trends
Visual storytelling
Open-source intelligence is piercing the fog of war in Ukraine
Social-media posts and satellite imagery provide a torrent of data, but can overwhelm and confuse
Hollywood is losing the battle for China
The rise of domestic cinema counters Western cultural influence
East Asia’s new family portrait
Households across the region look very different from previous generations. Governments are struggling to keep up
Britain’s green belt is choking the economy
The public likes, but badly misunderstands, the green belt. It’s time to rethink it
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America’s pumped-up economy
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Was the twin brothers’ business empire built on a fraud?
Inside Putin's Russia
Vladivostok is a window onto wartime Russia
Crazy rich Indians
The new wealthy elites are younger and more adventurous than the old lot
A special report on the oil industry
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