The first round of Colombia’s presidential election “exposed a country divided by fear, inflamed by rhetoric and dangerously close to mistaking aggression for leadership”, argues Juan Manuel Santos, a former president econ.st/4fPDYxy
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Even as the world plans for an unreliable America in everything from defence to trade, it now has to cope with America’s dominance in AI
The retailers, television stations, brewers and betting houses that make up capitalism’s starting XI are an ageing and injury-prone lot. For some, this could even be their last World Cup econ.st/4xtcIey
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On “Money Talks” this week, why could the US Social Security Trust Fund be out of money in just six years? Listen now
WestCol (real name Luis Fernando Villa) has become an unlikely kingmaker for young Colombians wondering who to vote for in the run-off on Sunday
If registration and turnout keep growing as they have in the past, Colombians abroad could become a powerful bloc in the 53m-strong country
Emmanuel Macron has seen his efforts to win over Donald Trump come to nothing before. Yet there are reasons to think that there could be space to re-engage him on Ukraine
Its mild, earthy, nutty flavour is appealing. But it is the photogenic purple that has made the humble yam an internet sensation
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On this week’s Insider our panelists share what they know about America’s peace deal with Iran.
Instead of the minutiae of a vague and flimsy agreement, they discuss more weighty—and more interesting—questions about the Middle East and its future
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Its government is now the gatekeeper to frontier models—and most compute
This is the dawn of a bright new era for the Middle East. So says President Donald Trump. His deal is meant to end America’s war with Iran and usher in a region transformed where “a lot of great things” will happen and “peace and security” will prevail. At first glance, the regional landscape the war leaves behind looks much as it did before. Look closer and most of the changes it has brought have been for the worse. Iran has emerged emboldened; Israel and America are at odds; and the Gulf states are scrambling to rebuild their economic, diplomatic and security models for a harsh new regional reality.
Join Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a trio of The Economist’s Middle East experts as they assess how profoundly the conflict has reshaped the region and what its fragile future might hold.
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