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The Economist· 2025-08-04 23:20
Anything could be his victim; nothing was sacred. Sometimes stern, sometimes morose, but often joyose, his songs twisted in the knife. But it was his solitary, strictly private life that made the songwriter happy https://t.co/AInngHE9EK ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 23:00
The judgment was carefully argued, but the former president’s supporters say the conviction for arranging the bribing of witnesses and of perverting justice is political. Donald Trump’s administration quickly echoed that https://t.co/EVngtVOTJn ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 22:40
Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, has justified the unprecedented sanctions on the judge by alleging that he carried out “an unlawful witch-hunt against US and Brazilian citizens and companies” https://t.co/OuBdqg7Bd5 ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 22:20
“NATO should immediately assemble a coalition of experts, engineers, and planners to work closely with Ukraine’s defence leadership.”Kurt Volker and Nico Lange say there is no quick fix in assisting Ukraine https://t.co/1oc0152Qnv ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 22:00
To the dismay of dozens of countries, the American president has returned to the madness of Liberation Day. These charts show the damage they will have to endure https://t.co/ETushrP2ZW https://t.co/i93BEVHHPO ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 21:40
The symbiotic escalation of technology and finance is, in some ways, an advert for American innovation. The country has both the world’s best artificial-intelligence engineers and most enthusiastic financial engineers. For some it’s also a warning sign https://t.co/LK1HKp48aP ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 21:31
Another shocking assault on a non-partisan institution https://t.co/ru3RB9Pkvm ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 21:20
Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those born between 1965 and 1980. Not only are they at a tricky age, but the cohort itself is cursed https://t.co/jOJ2432fDnIllustration: Igor Bastidas https://t.co/CB61Y5C26U ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 21:00
The nature of the war is changing, and Ukrainian forces are readying for it. The increasing depth of the kill zone, a territory up to 15km on either side of the front line, is rendering operations ever harder https://t.co/W1YAeTdhnZ ...
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The Economist· 2025-08-04 20:40
No study has suggested the stuff is harmful. But there are wrinkles in the supplement’s effectiveness https://t.co/k8ZdiWXUqb ...