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 2,846 episodes available.

The World in Brief from The Economist episodes:

October 08, 2025 Gold hits $4,000 an ounce; America and Canada hold trade talks, and more
The price of gold futures hit $4,000 per troy ounce for the first time.
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October 07, 2025 France’s prime minister resigns; Israel deports Greta Thunberg, and more
Sébastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, resigned after less than a month in the job and hours after appointing a cabinet.
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October 06, 2025 Israeli negotiators travel to Egypt; Trump deploys troops to Illinois, and more
Binyamin Netanyahu said Israeli negotiators would travel to Egypt on Monday to begin Gaza ceasefire talks.
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October 05, 2025 Japan concludes a leadership contest; Israel scales back Gaza operations, and more
Russian drone strikes hit a passenger train in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, injuring around 30 people, local officials said
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October 04, 2025 Hamas responds to Trump’s Gaza peace plan; America bombs an alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat, and more
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in America’s Senate failed again to pass rival spending bills to reopen the government, extending the shutdown until at least next week
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October 03, 2025 Synagogue attack in Britain; OpenAI’s $500bn valuation, and more
Police in Britain named Jihad al-Shamie, “a British citizen of Syrian descent”, as the suspected attacker in a car-ramming and stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester, an English city.
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October 02, 2025 EU leaders discuss “drone walls”; Supreme Court lets Fed governor stay, for now, and more
Leaders of the European Union gathered in Copenhagen to plan a defence strategy following violations of European airspace by Russian drones and aircraft.
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October 01, 2025 American government shutdown looms; an earthquake hits the Philippines, and more
America’s government looked set to shut down within hours, after Senate Democrats voted against a Republican-backed spending bill that would have kept the government open beyond an impending deadline.
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September 30, 2025 Bibi backs Trump’s ceasefire plan; biggest leveraged buyout in history, and more
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, supported Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
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September 29, 2025 Russia strikes Kyiv; drones again spotted over Denmark, and more
A “massive” Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, killed at least four people and injured dozens, according to the country’s government.
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