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“The government needs to decide which way to jump. Will it change the law to favour the content creators, or AI?” says the head of IP disputes at one law firm
A British legal ruling about AI delights nobody
The government will have to lay down the law
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“The government needs to decide which way to jump. Will it change the law to favour the content creators, or AI?” says the head of IP disputes at one law firm
Nearly two years after it began, Vladimir Putin’s assault on the small Donbas city of Pokrovsk is nearing its end. Russia’s progress has been predicated on mass: men and weapons
Ukraine’s valiant defence of Pokrovsk is nearing its end
Russia suffers huge casualties, but its new drone-powered assault is working
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Nearly two years after it began, Vladimir Putin’s assault on the small Donbas city of Pokrovsk is nearing its end. Russia’s progress has been predicated on mass: men and weapons
If it is actually built, it could lead to big changes in American military strategy, and perhaps even disrupt the uneasy stability that has existed for decades between the world’s nuclear-armed countries
Golden Dome is one of the most ambitious military projects ever
Even a modest missile shield could upset the balance between nuclear powers
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If it is actually built, it could lead to big changes in American military strategy, and perhaps even disrupt the uneasy stability that has existed for decades between the world’s nuclear-armed countries
Many younger Thais are at best indifferent to the royal nostalgia that the establishment expected with Queen Sirikit’s death. We explain why econ.st/4nIuHYs
Illustration: Lan Truong
Illustration: Lan Truong
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Many younger Thais are at best indifferent to the royal nostalgia that the establishment expected with Queen Sirikit’s death. We explain why econ.st/4nIuHYs
Illustration: Lan Truong
Illustration: Lan Truong
In 2022 China released its first comprehensive plan for climate adaptation in the years leading up to 2035. This new emphasis mirrors a shift in public opinion
Why climate change now threatens China’s future
Extreme weather is hurting its economy and worrying its leaders
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In 2022 China released its first comprehensive plan for climate adaptation in the years leading up to 2035. This new emphasis mirrors a shift in public opinion
America is bound by treaty to defend Philippine forces in the sea, a promise that the Trump administration repeats. Yet doing so might raise tensions with China to perilous levels
America and China circle each other in the South China Sea
Naval tensions around Scarborough shoal are at their highest in years
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
America is bound by treaty to defend Philippine forces in the sea, a promise that the Trump administration repeats. Yet doing so might raise tensions with China to perilous levels
Not all works that aspire to be profound end up working. This week we have noted a dystopia that asks profound questions, which you may seriously wish to avoid
What to watch this weekend
In the mood for a psychological drama or a war epic?
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Not all works that aspire to be profound end up working. This week we have noted a dystopia that asks profound questions, which you may seriously wish to avoid
Foreign medical researchers are looking for places that are friendlier to them and their work than Donald Trump’s migrant-wary and science-sceptical America.
One increasingly attractive destination is China
One increasingly attractive destination is China
China’s life-sciences industry is turning American
Meanwhile, America is abandoning its winning formula
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Foreign medical researchers are looking for places that are friendlier to them and their work than Donald Trump’s migrant-wary and science-sceptical America.
One increasingly attractive destination is China
One increasingly attractive destination is China
This is Donald Trump’s world—we’re all just living in it. As the Trumpnado spins on in 2026, here are ten trends and themes to expect in the coming year
Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2026
This is Donald Trump’s world—we’re all just living in it. As the Trumpnado spins on in 2026, here are ten trends to watch from the editor of The World Ahead
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is Donald Trump’s world—we’re all just living in it. As the Trumpnado spins on in 2026, here are ten trends and themes to expect in the coming year
Last month in Sinaloa, 41 people were murdered in just six days. “Everyone has experienced a scene of violence, it’s our daily bread.”
On “The Weekend Intelligence”, our Mexico City bureau chief reports on life in a narco-pandemic
On “The Weekend Intelligence”, our Mexico City bureau chief reports on life in a narco-pandemic
Welcome to Culiacán
The Sinaloa cartel is tearing itself apart— and dragging a city down with it
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Last month in Sinaloa, 41 people were murdered in just six days. “Everyone has experienced a scene of violence, it’s our daily bread.”
On “The Weekend Intelligence”, our Mexico City bureau chief reports on life in a narco-pandemic
On “The Weekend Intelligence”, our Mexico City bureau chief reports on life in a narco-pandemic
The lesson for Democrats is not to adopt Zohran Mamdani’s ideology, but to meet voters where they are. Our analysis of the results shows why
Zohran Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America
Our analysis shows why his victory is no model for Democrats elsewhere
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The lesson for Democrats is not to adopt Zohran Mamdani’s ideology, but to meet voters where they are. Our analysis of the results shows why
The saga is, to St Louis’s Democratic leaders, a deep source of embarrassment. Yet it is also evidence of why American cities are so difficult to run, and why that is so hard to change econ.st/47IxyL3
Photo: AP
Photo: AP
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The saga is, to St Louis’s Democratic leaders, a deep source of embarrassment. Yet it is also evidence of why American cities are so difficult to run, and why that is so hard to change econ.st/47IxyL3
Photo: AP
Photo: AP
There is still an enormous amount to do in a country deeply in hock to gangsters
Mexico has become a less deadly place under Claudia Sheinbaum
There is still an enormous amount to do in a country deeply in hock to gangsters
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There is still an enormous amount to do in a country deeply in hock to gangsters
Almost 350 experts, including economists, academics, policy types and corporate-AI employees, will gauge how the hope—and hype—around AI waxes and wanes. The forecasting project sets out to do three things
A new project aims to predict how quickly AI will progress
Superforecasters weigh in on the subject
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Almost 350 experts, including economists, academics, policy types and corporate-AI employees, will gauge how the hope—and hype—around AI waxes and wanes. The forecasting project sets out to do three things
Binyamin Netanyahu’s political survival “depends on preserving, not resolving, the conflict’s ambiguities”, explains Ami Ayalon in a guest essay.
Progress on a lasting peace plan “will require new leadership”, the former head of Shin Bet argues
Progress on a lasting peace plan “will require new leadership”, the former head of Shin Bet argues
The Gaza plan needs fleshing out quickly, writes a former Israeli security chief
Ultimately, explains Ami Ayalon, Binyamin Netanyahu will have to be gone for the vision to be realised
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Binyamin Netanyahu’s political survival “depends on preserving, not resolving, the conflict’s ambiguities”, explains Ami Ayalon in a guest essay.
Progress on a lasting peace plan “will require new leadership”, the former head of Shin Bet argues
Progress on a lasting peace plan “will require new leadership”, the former head of Shin Bet argues
No jurisdiction has approved the use of two substances as medicines, but few ban their sale. They can therefore be marketed as “experimental chemicals”, so long as no medical claims are made
Can peptides give you superpowers?
The “Wolverine stack” is supposed to boost healing and recovery
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
No jurisdiction has approved the use of two substances as medicines, but few ban their sale. They can therefore be marketed as “experimental chemicals”, so long as no medical claims are made
There is a confounding glut of art, it often feels, yet little of the original, startling kind that matters. A punchy new book laments and explains the sense of noisy stasis in 21st-century culture
Has culture in the 21st century become samey and dull?
Yes, argues a provocative new book. It is half right
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There is a confounding glut of art, it often feels, yet little of the original, startling kind that matters. A punchy new book laments and explains the sense of noisy stasis in 21st-century culture
Continuous growth can make economies fat and slow
Recessions have become ultra-rare. That is storing up trouble
Continuous growth can make economies fat and slow
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Continuous growth can make economies fat and slow
The Trump administration’s strikes seem inspired by the war on terror, when America hunted and destroyed jihadist groups across the Middle East and Africa
Tracking American drug-boat strikes off Venezuela’s coast
Are smugglers or Nicolás Maduro’s regime the target?
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Trump administration’s strikes seem inspired by the war on terror, when America hunted and destroyed jihadist groups across the Middle East and Africa
The BBC has always been a political lightning rod. Producing news to suit the varied taste of a whole country is tricky work. But its unusual role is becoming harder to sustain econ.st/43JAd67
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The BBC has always been a political lightning rod. Producing news to suit the varied taste of a whole country is tricky work. But its unusual role is becoming harder to sustain econ.st/43JAd67
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
Rising furniture prices—up by almost 4% in the 12 months to September—are already putting off would-be customers. New tariffs will push those prices higher still
America’s furniture-makers exemplify the folly of tariffs
Donald Trump is pushing up costs to rescue an industry that has already adapted to globalisation
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Rising furniture prices—up by almost 4% in the 12 months to September—are already putting off would-be customers. New tariffs will push those prices higher still
Shifts in politics and the media business are making the broadcaster more crisis-prone
The BBC’s boss quits over a “doctored” Trump speech
Shifts in politics and the media business are making the broadcaster more crisis-prone
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Shifts in politics and the media business are making the broadcaster more crisis-prone
The profession has rocketed in size and stature. Will AI shrink it?
How HR took over the world
The profession has rocketed in size and stature. Will AI shrink it?
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The profession has rocketed in size and stature. Will AI shrink it?
EU candidate status was supposed to offer Georgia an incentive to push ahead with democratic reforms. Instead it has had the opposite effect econ.st/4p0jCTB
Photo: Shutterstock
Photo: Shutterstock
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
EU candidate status was supposed to offer Georgia an incentive to push ahead with democratic reforms. Instead it has had the opposite effect econ.st/4p0jCTB
Photo: Shutterstock
Photo: Shutterstock
At NatalCon, the tech gurus and religious conservatives were both conspicuous. Many women were there to herd gaggles of kids.
1843 speaks to members of the pro-Trump “tech-trad” alliance that attended
1843 speaks to members of the pro-Trump “tech-trad” alliance that attended
Make America procreate again: among the MAGA fertility fanatics
Tech bros and religious conservatives have joined forces to boost the birth rate
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
At NatalCon, the tech gurus and religious conservatives were both conspicuous. Many women were there to herd gaggles of kids.
1843 speaks to members of the pro-Trump “tech-trad” alliance that attended
1843 speaks to members of the pro-Trump “tech-trad” alliance that attended