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India’s “Cockroach” protests have returned to the streets of Delhi, and just as the country faces intensifying challenges from abroad, including fallout from the Iran war and tensions with the US, China and Pakistan. In a conversation on the sidelines of Bloomberg’s New Economy F ...  عرض المزيد

For the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks, Israelis are headed to the polls. The race is seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is neck-and-neck with opponent Gadi Eisenkot in the latest polls. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Dan Williams examin ...  عرض المزيد

This is a revised version of an earlier episode and clarifies the position of Zyn in the US market.As the popularity of cigarettes has slid in the past couple decades, Big Tobacco has been searching for a new hit product. Now, they think they’ve found it: nicotine pouches. FT rep ...  عرض المزيد

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer accidentally started a culture war over Zyn. Semafor’s Dave Weigel explains. And Vox health reporter Keren Landman, MD, compares the nicotine pouch to cigarettes and vapes. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, f ...  عرض المزيد

Is it just Ben or are fluxes of influencers getting into the art of cigarette smoking? Using @bestdressed as a case study, Ben breaks down the resurgence of the glamourization of smoking in online spaces and highlights the dangers of smoking while having a captive and impressiona ...  عرض المزيد