The Economist: Which economy did best in 2023? (www.economist.com)
Greece at #1 thanks to a decade of austerity, Finland at last position thanks to 4 years of leftist expansiory fiscal politics.
The US Navy confronts a new Suez crisis (www.economist.com)
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A new Suez crisis threatens the world economy (www.economist.com)
Vladimir Putin is running Russia’s economy dangerously hot (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
Putin seems to be winning the war in Ukraine—for now (www.economist.com)
Deaths in Gaza surpass 14,000, according to its authorities. More than a third of the dead are children. (www.economist.com)
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Ukraine’s new enemy: war fatigue in the West (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
The world is ignoring war, genocide and famine in Sudan (www.economist.com)
America is distracted, the UN is not interested
China’s ties with America are warming, a bit (www.economist.com)
Firms are exploring sodium batteries as an alternative to lithium (www.economist.com)
Na-Ion can be a lot less expensive. But it’s a lot heavier. (Not a problem for grid-storage.)
Trenches and tech on Ukraine’s southern front (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
AI can catalogue a forest’s inhabitants simply by listening (www.economist.com)
Productivity has grown faster in western Europe than in America (www.economist.com)
Europe is stuck in a need-hate relationship with migrants (www.economist.com)
China is flooding Taiwan with disinformation: With elections looming, China wants Taiwanese voters to think America is their greatest threat (www.economist.com)
TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold (www.economist.com)
If India ordered a murder in Canada, there must be consequences (www.economist.com)
Western countries have for too long acquiesced to the Indian government’s abuses
Ukraine faces a long war. A change of course is needed (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
Angst mounts over Germany’s green transition (www.economist.com)
Meeting its targets looks hard
An interview with the head of Ukraine’s defence intelligence (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
Israel launches its biggest raid on the West Bank in over 20 years (www.economist.com)
As the sun dipped on July 3rd, the fighting in a refugee camp in Jenin, a city in the West Bank, entered its second night. Ambulances ferried the injured through makeshift roadblocks, flaming tyres pumped a toxic black smoke into the air, and drones hummed faintly overhead. Israel’s army has carried out its largest raid on a...
Donald Trump will “never” support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky (www.economist.com)
“There is no way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned. Ukrainians have generally “behaved well” and are “very grateful” to those who sheltered them. They will not forget that generosity. But it would not be a “good story” for Europe...
Donald Trump will “never” support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky (www.economist.com)
Mr Zelensky, a former television actor with an acute sense of his audience, has detected a change of mood among some of his partners. “I have this intuition, reading, hearing and seeing their eyes [when they say] ‘we’ll be always with you,’” he says, speaking in English (a language in which he is increasingly fluent)....
How the Pentagon assesses Ukraine’s progress (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
Thousands of Ukrainian men are avoiding military service (www.economist.com)
In the queue of about 130 people, only 20 are male. Men aged 18-60 are not allowed to leave Ukraine unless they qualify for an exemption. Four of those waiting are young lads who look close to turning 18. To avoid the risk of mobilisation, they must leave before then. Of course, some men find ways to get out anyway, legally or...
