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The World in Brief from The Economist
The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-worl...
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American GDP growth slows; Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, and more
Mr Trump said he was considering limited strikes on Iran to pressure it into nuclear negotiations
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Trump threatens “bad things” for Iran; former Prince Andrew arrested, and more
Donald Trump set a ten-day timeline to reach a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran over its nuclear programme, warning that “bad things will happen” if...
Ukraine-Russia talks falter; Zuckerberg testifies in social-media trial, and more
Ukraine and Russia ended their second day of American-led peace negotiations in Geneva after just two hours.
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Warner Bros resumes talks with Paramount; American-Iranian negotiations end, and more
Warner Bros Discovery, a movie-making giant, is restarting talks with Paramount about a potential deal.
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Iran meets nuclear watchdog before talks with America; Rubio endorses Viktor Orban, and more
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, held talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, about his country’s nuclea...
Kaja Kallas rebuts American criticism; Europe considers nuclear proliferation, and more
Kaja Kallas, the vice-president of the European Commission, rejected America’s assertion, made in a national-defence document last year, that Europe i...
Britain says toxin killed Navalny; Rubio takes friendlier approach to Europe, and more
Britain and four European countries said it was “highly likely” that a poison developed from the Ecuador dart frog killed Alexei Navalny, a Russian op...
DP World boss leaves over Epstein fallout; Trump sends second aircraft-carrier to Middle East, and more
America’s annual inflation rate fell further than expected in January, to 2.4%
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Minnesota immigration operation to end; Bangladesh Nationalist Party eyes election victory, and more
Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, said that federal immigration agents would end their operation in Minnesota after more than two months.
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America adds more jobs than expected; suspect in Canada shooting identified, and more
America’s economy added 130,000 jobs in January, almost double the number that analysts had been expecting, indicating that the labour market might ha...
Sir Keir Starmer faces pressure to quit; America seizes Venezuelan oil tanker, and more
Sir Keir Starmer told MPs he was “not prepared to walk away”, hours after Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, urged him to resign.
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Takaichi Sanae triumphs in Japan; Jimmy Lai sentenced, and more
Takaichi Sanae won a landslide victory in Japan’s snap election.
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America demands peace in Ukraine by June; Iran threatens American bases, and more
Donald Trump deleted a video from his social-media account that depicted Barack Obama, a former president, and his wife, Michelle, as apes
Suicide bombing in Pakistan; Tech stocks bounce back, and more
Donald Trump deleted a video from his social-media account that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as apes
Amazon spooks investors; Bitcoin’s sell-off deepens, and more
Shares in Amazon fell by as much as 10% after the tech giant said it planned to spend $200bn this year on capital expenditure, which includes data cen...
Tech stocks continue slide; Trump’s “thorough” call with Xi, and more
Tech stocks fell for a second day, as investors’ concerns about AI disrupting work mingled with worries about chipmakers.
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Donald Trump announces tariff deal with India; America-Iran talks planned, and more
Donald Trump said that America will lower its tariffs on Indian imports after Narendra Modi, the prime minister, agreed to stop buying Russian oil and...
Iran warns of regional war; Israel prepares to open Gaza border crossing, and more
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned America that an attack on his country would spark a “regional war” as officials signalled they w...
Iran says America is exploiting unrest; Israel strikes Gaza, and more
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said she would propose an “amnesty law” covering the period since 1999—when Hugo Chávez, self-styled le...
Iran says it won’t hold America talks “under threat”; Trump nominates Fed chair, and more
Israel said it would open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt from Sunday
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Tech stocks tumble; the Senate’s shutdown compromise, and more
Technology stocks tumbled over worries that vast AI spending, particularly on data centres, was not generating sufficient returns.
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Trump warns Iran; Fed holds interest rates, and more
Donald Trump said that a “massive Armada” is heading to Iran. He wrote on his Truth Social platform that the fleet was ready to use “violence, if nece...
ICE chief ordered to appear in court; India and the EU agree to trade deal, and more
A federal judge in Minnesota ordered Todd Lyons, the acting head of America’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to appear in court on Friday, warni...
Donald Trump sends “border czar” to Minnesota; Israel recovers remains of last hostage, and more
Donald Trump, facing growing opposition to his immigration crackdown in Minnesota, appointed Tom Homan, his border czar, to manage the operations.
Minnesota’s governor urges federal agents to leave; China purges two top generals, and more
Tim Walz, Minnesota’s governor, urged Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from the state “before they kill another American in the street”, follow...
Trump threatens Canada with tariffs; Federal agents shoot man in Minneapolis, and more
China’s defence ministry said it was investigating Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, two high-level military officials
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Trump unveils his Board of Peace; sues JPMorgan, and more
Donald Trump unveiled an American-led “Board of Peace” meant to oversee ceasefires and post-war reconstruction, initially in Gaza.
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Trump claims Greenland deal; drops tariff threat, and more
Donald Trump said he had agreed “the framework of a future deal” on Greenland after a “very productive” meeting with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary-gene...
Tensions over Greenland; stocks fall on trade war fears, and more
Donald Trump insisted that America needed Greenland for “security” in a rambling press conference lasting nearly two hours.
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Norway rebuffs Trump’s threats; Japan to hold election, and more
Norway’s foreign minister said that tariff threats would not force the country to change its stance on Greenland.
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Europe’s angry response to Trump over Greenland; Iran acknowledges high death toll, and more
The eight European countries threatened with more tariffs by Donald Trump if they obstruct him over Greenland issued a strongly-worded joint statement...
Iran’s supreme leader blames Trump for deaths; America’s new tariffs over Greenland, and more
Donald Trump announced that he would impose escalating tariffs on Denmark and other European countries that fail to support his bid to purchase Greenl...
OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT; Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland, and more
Several European leaders have spoken out over the American president’s threats to seize Greenland.
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America and Taiwan strike tariff deal; Machado’s “great” meeting with Trump, and more
America agreed to cap tariffs on Taiwanese imports at 15% in exchange for the island’s chipmakers (including the world’s largest, TSMC) investing $500...
US evacuates personnel from Middle East; Greenland talks at the White House, and more
Donald Trump claimed “the killing in Iran is stopping”, and that the regime has “no plan” to execute anti-government protesters.
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Trump urges Iran protesters to “take over”; global central bankers criticise Powell probe, and more
Donald Trump urged protesters in Iran to “TAKE OVER” state institutions, saying that “HELP IS ON ITS WAY” as nationwide protests continued.
Trump’s new anti-Iran tariffs; former Fed chairs criticise Powell probe, and more
Donald Trump said that countries “doing business” with Iran would face immediate new tariffs of 25%.
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Prosecutors launch investigation into Fed chair; Iran threatens retaliation if America strikes, and more
America’s Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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Demonstrators march in Minneapolis; Iran’s army vows to protect property, and more
Elon Musk hit back at critics of his social-media platform X, saying they are looking for “any excuse for censorship” after the site’s AI tool, Grok,...
EU approves Mercosur deal; protests rock Iran, and more
Meeting oil executives at the White House, Donald Trump said that he expects the firms to spend at least $100bn in Venezuela
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