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The Economist @economist.com · 4m

The central question for Donald Trump’s visit is whether a way to disarm Hamas can be found, and the nature of the governing authority and international security force that are due to take over from them

Donald Trump scrambles to seal the deal in Gaza

As he jets to the region Hamas gunmen try to retake control

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The Economist @economist.com · 1h

The “High Earner, Not Rich Yet” is the most overlooked voter in British politics

Who will speak for Henry?

The “High Earner, Not Rich Yet” is the most overlooked voter in British politics

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The Economist @economist.com · 1h

China will double down on high-end manufacturing in its coming five-year-plan. Having conquered electric cars, the country has its sights on other futuristic sectors such as humanoid robots and quantum computing

Xi Jinping is personally involved in China’s new five-year plan

Wonks are falling over themselves to offer suggestions for spurring growth

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The Economist @economist.com · 2h

Could you survive 72 hours without outside food, water or electricity?

The prospect of war has turned Europe into a continent of preppers

Could you survive 72 hours without outside food, water or electricity?

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The Economist @economist.com · 3h

Spent well, oil money could fund infrastructure or public services. But in countries where authoritarian regimes are looking shaky, it could also grease the wheels of patronage or the barrels of guns

TotalEnergies leads the dash for Africa’s new oil and gas

It is about to restart a controversial gas project

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The Economist @economist.com · 3h

Firms are already struggling to accommodate the millions of graduates flooding out of China’s universities. Young people worry the new “K” visa will increase competition in the labour market

China’s H-1B-visa alternative excites interest abroad—but fury at home

America’s loss could be China’s gain in the war for tech talent

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The Economist @economist.com · 4h

Extra-judicial “liuzhi” detentions in China started as an anti-corruption crackdown on party members and officials. But they’re now frequently directed at business people too econ.st/46LJpJ5

Illustration: Simon Prades

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The Economist @economist.com · 5h

It is true that no reader will ever go to Mr Krasznahorkai’s fiction for a quick light read: his serpentine sentences can wind their way across several pages. But to view him as a dystopian doomsayer narrows the writer and the man

A Nobel prize in literature for Laszlo Krasznahorkai

The Hungarian writer is known for his post-modern dystopian fiction. But his work is not all doom and gloom

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The Economist @economist.com · 6h

“I’m just a girl—I want to go home, I want prosecco, and a big, thick steak.”

Yevgenia Berkovich didn’t want to be a martyr when she was sentenced to six years in a Russian penal colony. “Next Year in Moscow” investigates her show trial

11. The trial

What the return of the show trial means for Russia

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The Economist @economist.com · 6h

After engineering what will hopefully turn out to be the end of the two-year war in Gaza, Donald Trump is about to fly to Israel and then Egypt in order to stamp his brand on the ceasefire

Donald Trump scrambles to seal the deal in Gaza

As he jets to the region Hamas gunmen try to retake control

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The Economist @economist.com · 6h

Polling suggests that Javier Milei’s party still has a chance in Argentina’s midterm elections this month. But momentum is against it

The Argentine peso, and Javier Milei, are in trouble

The president’s economic team has decamped to Washington, trying desperately to confirm American support

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The Economist @economist.com · 7h

New York finally appears to be tipping the scales against city rats. Yet other cities, in America and beyond, are struggling econ.st/3VZfvux

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The Economist @economist.com · 8h

Having been burnt by tariffs twice, American farmers and Chinese buyers will probably seek to reduce their mutual dependence. That is a boon for soyabean farmers in Brazil

American soya farmers are miserable. Brazil’s are ebullient

Donald Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soyabean superpower

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The Economist @economist.com · 8h

The president’s visit may come amid scenes of euphoria in Israel and Gaza. Yet it will also take place amid huge unease about the role of Hamas in Gaza

Donald Trump scrambles to seal the deal in Gaza

As he jets to the region Hamas gunmen try to retake control

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The Economist @economist.com · 8h

In the second of six primers, we explain how cells and membranes are essential components to all the things biology recognises as indisputably alive

Cells and membranes

Almost everything you recognise as alive—animal, plant or fungus—is composed of a set of cells

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The Economist @economist.com · 9h

“I’m just a girl—I want to go home, I want prosecco, and a big, thick steak.”

Yevgenia Berkovich didn’t want to be a martyr when she was sentenced to six years in a Russian penal colony. “Next Year in Moscow” investigates her show trial

The trial of Yevgenia Berkovich

What the return of the show trial means for Russia

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The Economist @economist.com · 9h

The real damage from economic isolation will be in the longer term. America accounts for only 15% of global final demand for goods imports. If its drawbridge remains up, the world will gradually integrate without it

Donald Trump’s fortress economy is starting to hurt America

The pain from trade and immigration restrictions cannot be postponed forever

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The Economist @economist.com · 10h

Britain’s Conservative Party leader sees Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, as a “template” for slashing government spending. But Kemi Badenoch’s chainsaw blade is puny

The stricken Tories reach for the chainsaw

A wise move for a party in a dire position

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The Economist @economist.com · 10h

The Nobel recognises her courage in speaking out for over 20 years against Venezuela’s descent into dictatorship

María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s “Iron Lady”, gets the peace Nobel

The prize is a boost for the country’s democratic opposition

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The Economist @economist.com · 10h

One (small) study suggests six months of wearing barefoot shoes can increase toe-muscle strength by 57%.

Are barefoot shoes good for runners?

Aficionados swear by them. But the scientific jury is out

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The Economist @economist.com · 10h

In today’s economy, what counts as scarce and rivalrous has changed profoundly. The rich are now spending on bigger and better things; things that are often services, rather than goods

Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets

Forget fine wine, great art or glitzy mansions. There are better things in life

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The Economist @economist.com · 11h

Sherlock Holmes and Don Draper take inspiration from actual detectives and admen, respectively. This week’s recommended films and TV shows also blur fact and fiction

What to watch this weekend

Our six recommendations blur fact and fiction

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The Economist @economist.com · 11h

Xi Jinping’s bet that dramatic escalation is the way to win a trade war

China tries shock-and-awe on Donald Trump

Xi Jinping’s bet that dramatic escalation is the way to win a trade war

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The Economist @economist.com · 11h

Discoveries made on American soil have earned 304 scientific Nobels—far more than any other country. But only about two-thirds of those prizes went to American-born scientists

Which countries breed Nobel laureates, and which import them?

Without immigrants America’s medal haul would be much smaller

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The Economist @economist.com · 11h

Forget fine wine, great art or glitzy mansions. There are better things in life

Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets

Forget fine wine, great art or glitzy mansions. There are better things in life

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