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The insurrection televised
The January 6th committee is about to reveal its findings
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Grinding on
The conflict in Ukraine is settling into a war of attrition
But who can keep going longest?
Bagehot
How Boris Johnson undid the Tory Party’s mythology
A party that was ruthless, pragmatic and efficient is now cowardly, incoherent and inept
Overruled
The pandemic has accelerated a global decline in the rule of law
But it has also brought some needed change to the way justice is administered
By invitation
NATO should avoid learning the wrong lessons from Russia’s blunder in Ukraine, says Michael Kofman
The expert on the country’s armed forces says the context in which a war occurs does much to affect its outcome
Schumpeter
What’s gone wrong with the Committee to Save the Planet?
Anti-woke warriors attack three juicy targets
Daily chart
Russia is pumping more oil to Europe than it was before the war
Refiners are cashing in on cheap Urals crude
The Economist explains
Who are the Gupta brothers and what does their arrest mean for South Africa?
Two of the alleged enablers of “state capture” could face extradition from Dubai
The movies
“Top Gun” flies high, sparking hopes of a theatrical recovery
Will a summer of blockbusters prise consumers off the sofa?
Babbage
Artificial intelligence enters its industrial age
Our podcast on science and technology. This week, we examine the transformative potential of a new, emerging type of machine intelligence—foundation models. Could they become as important, as fundamental, as electricity?
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