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Israel and Hamas
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Middle East & Africa
The agony of 24 hostages is over. The Gaza war isn’t
Israel and Hamas trade captives during a four-day truce
Finance & economics
How will America’s economy fare in 2024? Don’t ask a forecaster
The consensus is that there is no consensus
Asia
Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way race after all
Even with a divided opposition, polls point to a tight contest
The world in brief
Hamas reportedly released 24 hostages, including Israeli and Thai nationals, after a temporary truce in Gaza began on Friday morning...
Geert Wilders, the leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, was thwarted in his first attempt to form a government in the Netherlands after the Liberal Party, VVD, ruled out joining a government with him...
An industry group forecast that Canadian oil-and-gas producers will drill nearly 500 more wells in 2024, an increase of 8% on this year...
China will temporarily allow visa-free entry for citizens from France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Spain in an attempt to boost tourism...
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Refugees from Sudan are furious with the world for ignoring their plight
Chaguan: Why Xi Jinping sounds friendlier to America
A tactical move to boost China’s economic and diplomatic interests
Who is Geert Wilders, the surprise winner of the Dutch election?
The anti-Muslim populist has had a long career, but this is his best result yet
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They covered subjects including empire, medical scandals and war
Israel and Hamas
All of our coverage of the conflict in one place
The best of the year
Our annual guides to the finest cultural treats
Boss Class
Our podcast on management asks how to motivate staff
AI
With Sam Altman’s return, a shift in AI from idealism to pragmatism
The lasting consequences of a head-spinning week
The fallout from the weirdness at OpenAI
Sam Altman is set to return, but the episode holds some disturbing lessons
Your job is (probably) safe from artificial intelligence
Why predictions of an imminent economic revolution are overstated
War between Israel and Hamas
What happens to Gaza after the war?
No one wants responsibility for running and rebuilding the ruined enclave
Many Arab governments would like to see Hamas gone
And they worry that the war in Gaza will upset their economic plans
Mapping Israel’s war in Gaza
Our satellite tracking of the conflict with Hamas, updated regularly
World news
Geert Wilders’s election win leaves the Dutch in an awful quandary
Will the cordon sanitaire against the far right hold?
India is seeing a massive aviation boom
New airports, hundreds of aircraft and millions of new passengers are on their way
Does a civil-war-era ban on insurrectionists apply to Donald Trump?
So far, America’s judges have been reluctant to involve themselves in the 2024 election
Why German bosses are heaping unexpected praise on France
It is not how things used to be
Thanksgiving reads
Business in 2024
Travellers face another year of disruption in 2024
Demand is recovering faster than supply, which means delays and higher prices
What “Squid Game: The Challenge” reveals about the state of TV
Reality television is more important than you might think
The obesity pay gap is worse than previously thought
It affects men as well as women, and is wider for the well-educated
The best films of 2023, as chosen by The Economist
They featured cattle barons, chefs, composers, physicists and whistleblowers
Business, finance and economics
Buttonwood: Ray Dalio is a monster, suggests a new book. Is it fair?
The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund comes under scrutiny
Is Japan’s economy at a turning point?
Wage and price inflation is coinciding with an exciting corporate renewal
The World Ahead 2024
Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation
Ten trends to watch in 2024
2024 will be stressful for those who care about liberal democracy
America will need a new vocabulary to discuss its presidential election
Europe needs to step up support for Ukraine
Don’t give up on peace in the Middle East
The world must try to break a vicious cycle of insecurity
China’s leaders will seek to exploit global divisions in 2024
Demand for “green” metals will redraw the global mining map
Don’t count on a soft landing for the world economy
Generative AI holds much promise for businesses
A cricket World Cup comes to America
Great reads
The Economist’s pick of the best television shows of 2023
Exceptional comedies, crime dramas, and psychological thrillers have come to the small screen this year
1843 magazine | Sorry you feel that way: why passive aggression took over the world
From Slack to the dinner table, honesty really is the best policy
Chaguan: Xi Jinping repeats imperial China’s mistakes
Lessons of a loyalty test that stifled innovation
How maths can help you win your favourite games
A global history of gaming is educational and filled with practical tips
Ukraine’s long war
Europe in 2024
The war in Ukraine may be heading for stalemate
Some big decisions will need to be made
Europe in 2024
Vladimir Putin cannot keep funding his war for ever
But after winning Russia’s presidential election in March, he will try
From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
How diplomats and generals are running out of bandwidth
As Ukrainian men head off to fight, women take up their jobs
Mining is one big example
Visual storytelling
Inside a month of America’s school shootings
The hidden impacts of gun crime are devastating and poorly understood
Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world’s
People’s principles were expected to align as countries got richer. What happened?
Large, creative AI models will transform lives and labour markets
They bring enormous promise and peril. But how do they work?
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Bagehot: What kind of legacy does Rishi Sunak want to leave behind?
Outgoing British governments can bequeath a total mess or embed their preferences
Weekly edition: November 25th 2023
Climate report: Some progress, must try harder
One cheer for Jeremy Hunt
Britain’s autumn statement got business taxes right
The UAE’s ambitious ascent
The United Arab Emirates is seizing opportunity in a time of disorder
Inside Hamas’s finances
Why Israel is powerless to dismantle the group’s finances
OpenAI: lessons from a revolution
The fallout from the fiasco
Special reports: November 25th 2023
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