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Is artificial intelligence becoming uncontrollably powerful? Our correspondent analyses whether a pause to breakneck development is possible or feasible. We have entered the new age of the orator. And why cheese is getting more popular in India. Guests and host:Alex Hern, AI writ ...  عرض المزيد

Though a growing share of the British population is anxious about Islam, they have no reason to be. Islamism, a fringe ideology that believes government and society should be guided by Islamic principles, is the real concern. America cracks down on multinationals’ efforts to shif ...  عرض المزيد

President Vladimir Putin has declared the independence of the two Ukrainian provinces of <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/02/15/why-donetsk-and-luhansk-are-at-the-heart-of-the-ukraine-crisis?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin just ordered Russian troops into two separatist pro-Moscow regions in eastern Ukraine. This afternoon Putin signed documents officially recognizing two parts of Ukraine as independent territories. Then, health officials are discussing the timing ...  عرض المزيد

As President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine continues to falter, Russian elites are now daring to consider the once unthinkable: a life <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/10/26/russias-elite-begins-to-ponder-a-putinless-future?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.po ...

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin expected to seize Ukraine easily. Instead he met fierce resistance. Ukraine has fought bravely, Russia poorly. We reflect on lessons learned in the past <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/08/23/the-war-where-almost-nothing-is-what-it ...  عرض المزيد