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Business
Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance
The tech giants are going all in on artificial intelligence. Each is doing it its own way
Europe
Ahead of a critical election Turkey’s economy is running on borrowed time
With the lira down 80%, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s medicine isn’t working
United States
Why winning a Wisconsin Supreme Court race matters so much
In a gridlocked, gerrymandered state, it is the Democrats’ best hope for change
The world in brief
Huge protests erupted in Israel after Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, sacked Yoav Gallant, the defence minister, over his opposition to planned judicial reforms...
First Citizens, an American bank, agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank, a lender that collapsed earlier this month...
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, warned that turmoil in the banking sector posed a threat to global financial stability...
Twitter’s source code has been partially leaked online, according to a legal filing...
As video games grow, they are eating the media
The games business has lessons for other industries and for governments
Britain is still marked by the mistakes of the Beeching Report
60 years have passed since the railways were reshaped
Israel
Binyamin Netanyahu is exploiting Israel’s divisions
The tensions are not new but they are at a crisis point
Binyamin Netanyahu’s memoir is a fascinating study of power
It could reasonably be called “The Netanyahu Guidebook for Successful Populists”
“Israelis are taking to the streets, claiming the plan amounts to dictatorship”—Bibi in the corner
Also on the daily podcast: AI adds weight to news publishers’ copyright claims and explaining Britain’s tomato rationing
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The world according to Xi
Even if China’s transactional diplomacy brings some gains, it contains real perils
The cases against Donald Trump are piling up
The Manhattan indictment, if it comes, will not be the last one
The trouble with Emmanuel Macron’s pension victory
The way a wise policy was forced through will have political costs
America may be a step closer to banning TikTok
What the grilling in Congress means for the future of the app
Business, finance and economics
Central banks face an excruciating trade-off
They have to choose between financial instability and high inflation. It wasn’t meant to be that way
How TikTok broke social media
Whether or not it is banned, the app has forced its rivals to adopt a less lucrative model
Policymakers face two nightmares: stubborn inflation and market chaos
The Federal Reserve grapples with a dilemma that will soon hit other countries
Can Adidas ever catch up with Nike?
The German firm’s new boss has his work cut out
Donald Trump’s legal troubles
Explainer: How much legal jeopardy is Donald Trump in?
The former president is at the centre of at least four high-profile inquiries
Why Stormy Daniels is so dangerous
Five years ago, we explained the threat posed by the porn star to the president
The criminal case against Donald Trump
The January 6th committee is doing the Department of Justice’s work for it
Donald Trump faces a sweeping new lawsuit
The former president’s legal troubles pile up
Russia and Ukraine
Russian arms have fewer takers in South-East Asia
South Korea looks set to become the region’s new weapons-maker of choice
Ukraine is betting on drones to strike deep into Russia
With the West dithering about long-range munitions, drones offer an alternative
Russia tightens persecution of a crucial human-rights group
Raids on Memorial, a Nobel prize-winning organisation, mark a new low
Russia’s friends are a motley—and shrinking—crew
They are a coalition of the failing; the Soviet Remembrance Society; and a gang of opportunists
Columns
Charlemagne: how the Dutch got too good at farming
A small, fertiliser-rich country sniffs the limits of its old model
Chaguan: The revealing appeal of China’s cheapest city
Pressures of modern life push some to move to a sleepy former mining town
Back Story: A bold “Guys & Dolls” holds lessons for the future of theatre
As Sky Masterson would say: it isn’t wrong to gamble, only to lose
Schumpeter: What Barbie tells you about near-shoring
Supply chains are neither global nor local. They are both
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1843
1843 magazine | Inside the CIA’s bureau for hiding defectors
The agency set up a programme in the cold war to resettle foreign spies in America. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it may get busy again
WEEKLY EDITION: MARCH 25TH 2023
The world according to Xi
Central banks’ balancing act
They have to choose between financial instability and high inflation. It wasn’t meant to be that way
The run-down British state
From productivity to the public services, the case for change is clear
Macron’s troubling half-victory
The way a wise policy was forced through will have political costs
A special report on video games
As they move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the path of other mass media
SPECIAL REPORTS: MARCH 25TH 2023
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As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the same path as other mass media, says Tom Wainwright
Ready, player four billion: the rise of video games
Battles over streaming break out for video games
Moviemaking and gamemaking are converging
The rise and rise of e-sports
Complexities of moderating and classifying video games
Video games, power and diplomacy
The rise of user-created video games
How digital gaming spreads far and wide
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