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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The bombing may have paused, but energy supplies are precarious

GLP-1s offer a rare insight into the social and economic effects of carrying extra weight

Work with the East Asia bureau of The Economist

Etsy-sellers and small-town accountants are enjoying the fruits of AI

Even renewed assaults on Iran’s nuclear programme may not prevent a forever war

Federal reforms have left the states with a growing bill

Memories of a big mistake still spook Europe’s spies

It risks missing a big opportunity

John Prideaux, our executive editor, on the psychology behind our anxiety over the technology

Protesters oust the education minister and promise to go home

How Cuba became a zombie state

Our weekly podcast on America. This week, no exit in Iran

Our list this week uncovers truths about pretenders and Pompeii

You will get data, but perhaps not knowledge

An exclusive look at how we designed our cover

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His more than 2,500 covers cleverly captured, mocked and ridiculed the world

Limestone villages and babbling brooks offer an escape from the modern world

The Roman empire shaped the religion in all sorts of crucial ways, a new book argues

Don’t follow your dreams. Try this instead

Blame supply-chain snags, procurement obstacles and the rise of drone warfare

Manufacturers are earning big bucks as a result

Heatwaves are making access to AC a political problem around the world

Shantou was once at the forefront of reforms. Now it is a backwater

It continues, rebranded, under Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos

Cracks appear in the court of President Prabowo

Markets and the Diet are mounting resistance

Electric vehicles should save both drivers and governments money

It’s cheap, easy and needs no mobile data