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A new financial order | May 31st 2025 | The Economist

1 week ago | economist.com

A new financial order. Special reports from The Economist. You've seen the news, now discover the story.
The debt barons who are taking on the banks

1 week ago | economist.com

Private-credit funds are courting borrowers of all sorts. Regulators are sceptical | Special report
The rise, fall and contested future of Hizbullah

3 weeks ago | economist.com | Liz Sly

Lebanon has spent years under the militant group's dominance. Could it be coming to an end? By Liz SlyOn the night the Middle East changed, Abdulrazaq al-Masri was at home with his wife and children in the Syrian town of Qusayr, glued to social media. It was December 7th 2024, and his Twitter feed was full of astonishing rumours. Rebels were said to be advancing on Damascus; the president, Bashar al-Assad, had supposedly fled the country. Masri glanced out of his window - it was eerily quiet.
The WNBA will soon be the most valuable league in women’s sport

3 weeks ago | economist.com

Already wildly popular, women’s basketball still has room to grow | Culture
More young people are getting cancer. It changes everything

4 weeks ago | economist.com | Meg Bernhard

Having breast cancer in your 20s or 30s brings a unique set of considerations - and agonies By Meg BernhardAnn Young wasn't sure whether she would ever be a mother. She was 32 years old, married and completing a fellowship in paediatric emergency medicine at Boston Children's Hospital - the final step in her 15 years of medical training. She was devoted to her work, and looking forward to becoming a doctor.
The terrible secrets of Taiwan's Stasi files

1 month ago | economist.com | Alice Su

Having breast cancer in your 20s or 30s brings a unique set of considerations - and agonies Ousting Assad may turn out to have been easier than rebuilding the countryA lawyer struggles with their conscience. New colleagues are watching In the Central African Republic locals are learning Russian while mercenaries knock back lager The Inuit on Little Diomede are watched over by Russian soldiers. But that's not their biggest problem in these icy badlands Scenes from the earthquake's aftermath
When can AI book my summer holiday?

1 month ago | economist.com

Maybe next year | Business
The warlords of Syria have a daunting to-do list

1 month ago | economist.com | Wendell Steavenson

Ousting Assad may turn out to have been easier than rebuilding the countryFor miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ruins. Part of this razed moonscape was once the bustling neighbourhood of Jobar, close to the city centre. For seven years it lay on the front line of a civil war. A lawyer struggles with their conscience.
The coming struggle to choose the next pope

1 month ago | economist.com

A conclave of 135 cardinals may pick someone very different from Francis | International
Will AI help or harm the climate?

1 month ago | economist.com

Our podcast on science and technology. The race to build better AI models has a huge environmental cost. But the technology could also help to decarbonise the world | Podcasts