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The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it. Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief for access to the full World in Brief. Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Largely peaceful protests in France; Iran’s “advanced” plans to kill Americans, and more

2026/10/25

Ukraine said its Starlink connection was working again after nearly 11 days of disruptions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iran’s “advanced” plans to kill Americans; largely peaceful protests in France, and more

2026/10/24

Ukraine said its Starlink connection was working again after nearly 11 days of disruptions

Stock markets stumble; Trump to cut more Canada tariffs, and more

2026/10/24

Melania Trump brokered a ceasefire in Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, according to the White House Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump to cut more Canada tariffs; Stock markets stumble, and more

2026/10/23

Donald Trump will exempt more Canadian products from his 50% tariffs, less than two weeks before America’s midterm elections; The tech-heavy NASDAQ index closed 0.2% lower on Friday.

Tech stocks steadier; Trump says Starlink restored for Ukraine, and more

2026/10/23

Stock markets in Europe and Asia steadied after a sharp sell-off in American tech shares. Also, Donald Trump said that Elon Musk had restored Ukraine’s access to Starlink hours after Volodymyr Zelensky said connectivity had not fully returned.

Tech stocks wobble; Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks, and more

2026/10/23

Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to enter American-brokered peace negotiations next month, after he met Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, in St Petersburg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech stocks wobble; Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks, and more

2026/10/22

Stock markets, and particularly tech shares, took another tumble; Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange attacks despite America’s efforts to bring an end to the war.

Putin agrees to peace negotiations; Meta’s revenue surges, and more

2026/10/22

Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to enter American-brokered peace negotiations next month. Also, Meta’s quarterly revenues surged to $64.6bn, rising 26% year on year.

Putin agrees to peace negotiations; websites taken down over security bug, and more

2026/10/22

Putin agrees to peace negotiations; websites taken down over security bug, and more

2026/10/21

Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to enter American-brokered peace negotiations next month, after he met Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, in St Petersburg; Websites around the world were hastily taken offline after “critical vulnerabilities” were uncovered within PHP, a programming language that is thought to run 70% of sites

A SpaceX-Tesla tie-up in the works; American envoy meets Vladimir Putin, and more

2026/10/21

Elon Musk said that his rocketry and electric-vehicle firms, SpaceX and Tesla, were exploring a merger, and that a tie-up was “a good idea”. Also, Steve Witkoff, America’s special envoy, met Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, in St Petersburg on Wednesday.

Ukraine says US intelligence is back; SpaceX revenues soar, and more

2026/10/21

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was now receiving American intelligence about Russian strikes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ukraine says US intelligence is back; SpaceX revenues soar, and more

2026/10/20

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was now receiving American intelligence about Russian strikes; Elon Musk’s SpaceX reported revenues of $14.6bn in the third quarter, up 161% year on year.

Zelensky to meet Steve Witkoff; France enforces curfews, and more

2026/10/20

Volodymyr Zelensky said he would fly to Norway to meet Steve Witkoff, America’s special envoy, on Tuesday. Also, several cities across France enforced overnight curfews after violent demonstrations developed into riots and looting over the weekend.

Trump open to Putin-Xi meeting; France enforces curfews, and more

2026/10/20

Donald Trump said he was open to meeting Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to discuss ending the war with Ukraine—whether the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is “there or not”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Kazanov 2026/09/11

Second grade podcast

It used to be first class. Now an activist institution

★★★★★

BigAppleGreg 2026/08/22

Is it AI ?

Maybe it’s because I’m listing at 1.75x speed. Maybe it’s the refined accent…. I don’t mind the ultra short complimentary material.

★☆☆☆☆

Phillydog07 2026/03/31

AI Slop

Virtually unlistenable. The text-to-speech, combined with the writing, cannot keep my attention. I can’t believe this is a subscriber-only feature.

★☆☆☆☆

ShawlAdjuster 2026/03/11

Ai generated narration

I subscribe because I value and want to support the human talent force at the Economist. It is off putting and eerie to have ai narration insidiously ...

★★★★☆

Emmabates 2026/01/21

I wish it were a human

Come on, you've got the recording studio and the talent - subscribers at least should get a human version. I love the content but I drift off because ...

★☆☆☆☆

pippapippappp 2026/01/03

Sounds like a computer reading the news and too editorial

Other E podcasts better

★☆☆☆☆

Future-is-bright 2025/12/22

Dec 21, goodbye

Your program, never in love with Trump, went off the rails. You accused Trump of acting like a king. You actually have a king! We have an elected pre...

★★☆☆☆

MplsLex 2025/12/10

AI reader - can’t listen

As a subscriber, and a frequent listener of The Economist’s podcasts, I was surprised to see I hadn’t added this to my feed. I got 2mins in before I h...

★★★★★

Maui gardener 2025/05/29

Excellent information, well presented!

Really enjoying the “Bottleneck” Series. Today’s talk about transformers was an eye opener. Thank you!

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cch28223 2025/04/22

Why do they need 3 versions of same episode each day?!

Ai voices are terrible- particularly the female one- and SO annoying that they have 3 versions per day. The 3rd one is ‘slightly’ different, but i was...

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