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Previews: The Economist Magazine – Nov 18, 2023

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The Economist Magazine (November 18, 2023): The latest issue features The World Ahead 2024 – 90-page guide to the coming year; How the young should invest – Markets have dealt them a bad hand. They could be playing it better; Better ways to fund science – Too much of researchers’ time is spent filling in forms; The best films of 2023 – They featured cattle barons, chefs, composers, physicists and whistleblowers…

Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024

What his victory in America’s election would mean

Ashadow looms over the world. In this week’s edition we publish The World Ahead 2024, our 38th annual predictive guide to the coming year, and in all that time no single person has ever eclipsed our analysis as much as Donald Trump eclipses 2024. That a Trump victory next November is a coin-toss probability is beginning to sink in.

Will Japan rediscover its dynamism?

People shop along the streets of Shinsaibashi in Osaka, Japan

Rising prices and animal spirits give it a long-awaited opportunity

Global investors are giddy about Japan again. Warren Buffett made his first visit to Tokyo in more than a decade this spring; he has built up big holdings in five trading houses that offer exposure to a cross-section of Japan Inc. Last month Larry Fink, ceo of BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, joined the pilgrimage to Japan’s capital. “History is repeating itself,” he told Kishida Fumio, the prime minister. He likened the moment to Japan’s “economic miracle” of the 1980s. Even disappointing gdp figures released on November 15th will not dent investors’ optimism.

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News: Israel Seizes Gaza Hospital, Putin Restricts Media, Taiwan Politics

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The Globalist Podcast (November 16, 2023) – The Norwegian Refugee Council’s Shaina Low on the latest from Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital,

Vladimir Putin approves new media restrictions ahead of next year’s presidential election and Taiwan’s opposition unites on a joint ticket. Plus: why Finland is considering closing its border with Russia and the state of democracy in Madagascar.

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The New York Times — Thursday, Nov 16, 2023

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Israel Seizes Gaza Hospital That Became Symbol of the War Itself

Satellite image of Al-Shifa Hospital and surroundings in Gaza City, on Saturday.

A raid of a hospital that Israel asserts is a base for Hamas is shaping up as a watershed moment in a conflict that has put the Mideast on edge.

So Thieves Nabbed Your Catalytic Converter. Here’s Where It Ended Up.

The innards of a catalytic converter are coated in some of the rarest, most expensive metals on the planet.

The pollution control devices contain valuable metals, making them a hot commodity for recycling. Some beneficiaries of the thefts look the other way.

Biden-Xi Talks Lead to Little but a Promise to Keep Talking

Both American and Chinese accounts of the meeting indicated scant progress on the issues that have pushed the two nations to the edge of conflict.

Palestinian and Israeli Teens Swam in the Same Pool. Then Came Oct. 7.

The teenagers in the Greater Jerusalem swim club made a point of not focusing on their differences. That changed with the war.

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The New York Times — Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023

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Israel Says Military Has Entered Gazan Hospital Grounds to Root Out Hamas

The operation at the main hospital complex in Gaza came after Israel released videos showing what it said were weapons inside a children’s hospital in the enclave.

Inside the Desperate Effort to Evacuate Young Cancer Patients From Gaza

An overhead view of people camped out in a hallway of a hospital with blankets laid on the floor and clothes hanging over railings.

A mission to rescue cancer-stricken children from the violence in Gaza has involved multiple countries and last-minute connections in the chaos of war.

Jewish Groups Rally for Israel on National Mall

The rally was a response to large protests across the United States and the world denouncing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

Freeway Closed? Just Take the 10 to the 110 to the 5, Angelenos Say.

Southern California residents are bracing for longer commutes over the next month, after a fire forced the closure of a central freeway segment. But they don’t seem to be panicking yet.

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The New York Times — Tuesday, November 14, 2023

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Death and Despair at Gaza Hospital as Fighting Reaches Its Doors

Bodies in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Friday.

“I’m watching patients die in front of my eyes,” one doctor at a besieged hospital said, “and I can’t provide them the slightest bit of help.” Israel said its forces were targeting Hamas fighters.

Rashida Tlaib, Censured by the House, Is Praised and Condemned at Home

Representative Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in the House, serves a district that has sizable Jewish and Arab American communities.

The Democratic congresswoman from the Detroit area and the only Palestinian American in the House faces a complicated landscape in her district.

What It Means to Be a Texan Is Changing in Surprising Ways

White people make up a declining minority in Texas, even among those born in the state. And all those people moving in? They’re as likely to be Black, Hispanic or Asian.

Behind Public Assurances, Xi Jinping Has Spread Grim Views on U.S.

Speeches by the Chinese leader show how he was bracing for an intensifying rivalry with the United States from early in his rule.

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News: Urban Warfare In Gaza, US-India Meeting, Argentina Rivals Debate

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The Globalist Podcast (November 13, 2023) – ‘Haaretz’ journalist Allison Kaplan Sommer from Tel Aviv discusses the latest updates from the Middle East and we discuss urban warfare in Gaza with expert Antônio Sampaio.

We get a roundup of the day’s headlines with Vincent McAviney, discuss a meeting of Indian and US ministers in New Delhi, and assess the outcomes of last night’s presidential debate in Argentina.

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The New York Times — Monday, November 13, 2023

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Israeli Forces Near a Struggling Hospital They Say Covers a Hamas Complex

The lights of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City last month.

Israeli officials say that Hamas has built a complex under Al Shifa, a major Gaza hospital. Hamas denies it is operating from beneath the hospital, whose patients face dire conditions amid power cuts.

One Year in the Infuriating and Humiliating Search for a Job in South Africa

Portia Stafford has a high school diploma in hospitality and three certificates from job training programs. She is among a generation of ambitious Africans who spend their days chasing an elusive opening.

F.B.I. Examining Whether Adams Cleared Red Tape for Turkish Government

After winning the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams successfully pressed city officials to allow the opening of a Manhattan high-rise housing the Turkish Consulate General.

Two Young Democratic Stars Collide Over Israel and Their Party’s Future

Representing neighboring districts in the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres have staked sharply divergent positions on the Israel-Hamas war.

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The New York Times — Sunday, November 12, 2023

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Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S.

The site was built for the military, but commercial sales are booming with little public accountability. Rounds have been bought by murderers, antigovernment groups and others.

Gaza Hospitals Near Collapse as Fighting Rages Nearby

Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Friday, where a Gazan taking shelter said, “Everyone is on top of one another, displaced people, wounded people, even the medical staff.”

Facing power outages and shortages of food, water and medical supplies, hospitals are struggling just to keep patients alive, Gazan health authorities say.

They Ran Into a Bomb Shelter for Safety. Instead, They Were Slaughtered.

Hamas’s assault on southern Israel began with a barrage of rockets, sending scores of people into roadside refuges. Then gunmen came to hunt them.

Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans

If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.

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Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

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Monocle on Saturday, November 11, 2023: Charles Hecker on Suella Braverman’s uncertain future, whether the tide is changing on the US stance in the Middle East and Iceland’s state of emergency.

Plus: which factors change our perception of beauty? Monocle’s Steph Chungu speaks to Janis Li, the curator of the new Wellcome Collection exhibition, ‘The Cult of Beauty’. Join Georgina Godwin every week to discover the latest global news and culture.

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The New York Times — Saturday, Nov 11, 2023

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Gaza City Hospitals Are Caught in Deadly Crossfire

Patients and displaced people line a corridor in Al Shifa hospital on Friday.

Battling Hamas fighters, Israeli forces are “closing in” on hospitals where thousands of people are stranded, while the chief U.S. diplomat says “far too many Palestinians have been killed.”

F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams’s Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifies

The F.B.I. seized electronic devices from Mayor Eric Adams in a dramatic escalation of a federal campaign contribution investigation.

Days after a raid at Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser’s home, federal agents took the mayor’s phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

With Manchin Out, Democrats’ Path to Holding the Senate Is Narrow

While the party will be on defense in every competitive race, Republicans face some messy primaries and a recent history of nominating extreme candidates who have lost key contests.