Vote with no confidence: Zimbabwe goes to the...

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Arranging friendly media coverage, giving handouts to voters, stifling opposition rallies: once again the country’s ruling party has put its <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/08/22/zimbabweans-fear-the-worst-as-they-go-to-the-polls?utm_campaign=a.i ...

Deep in the mountains along the Thai border, a <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2023/04/17/the-worlds-deadliest-war-last-year-wasnt-in-ukraine?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_sh ...

The ruling party got a pasting at the polls, owing in part to a <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/10/30/argentinas-government-has-fixed-the-price-of-1432-products?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-n ...

The state’s supreme court has ruled that he cannot appear on the Republican primary ballot, citing insurrection and a constitutional amendment. It’s an extraordinary decision, but it will only matter if it sticks. In the Netherlands, far-right <a href="https://www.economist.co ...