The World in Brief from The Economist

By The Economist

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.

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The podcast currently has 2,861 episodes available.

The World in Brief from The Economist episodes:

October 23, 2025 US announces sanctions on Russian oil firms; bombs boat in Pacific, and more
The Trump administration announced sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoi, citing Russia’s “lack of serious commitment” to ending the war in Ukraine.
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October 22, 2025 Trump-Putin meeting on hold; J.D. Vance visits Israel, and more
The White House reportedly said there were no immediate plans for Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin.
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October 21, 2025 AWS outage disrupts the internet; Israel returns to Gaza ceasefire, and more
Social-media sites, financial services, messaging apps and other websites struggled to recover from an Amazon Web Services outage.
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October 20, 2025 Israel and Hamas trade blame for ceasefire violation; America announces strike on alleged drug vessel, and more
Israel said it would resume aid deliveries to Gaza and that it would return to observing the ceasefire in the territory.
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October 19, 2025 Pakistan and Afghanistan look for calm; “No Kings” crowds gather across America, and more
Iran said it was no longer bound by the terms of the JCPOA, a multinational nuclear deal it signed with six world powers in 2015
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October 18, 2025 John Bolton pleads not guilty; Global stocks calm, and more
A Polish court ruled that a Ukrainian man accused of blowing up undersea gas pipelines should not be extradited to Germany
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October 17, 2025 John Bolton indicted; Trump plans meeting with Putin, and more
America’s Justice Department indicted John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, with 18 criminal counts related to transmitting and storing classified information.
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October 16, 2025 Trump confirms CIA operation; Hamas says it cannot recover more hostages, and more
Donald Trump said he authorised a covert Central Intelligence Agency operation in Venezuela.
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October 15, 2025 Hamas returns more deceased hostages; Powell signals future rate cuts, and more
Israel said that Hamas had transferred the bodies of four more hostages to the Red Cross.
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October 14, 2025 Trump signs Middle East peace plan; Open AI buys Broadcom chips, and more
Donald Trump arrived in Egypt for a “peace summit” aimed at building on the Gaza ceasefire to help establish regional stability.
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