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The World in Brief from The Economist The Economist
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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.
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Apple partners with OpenAI; UN Security Council backs Gaza ceasefire, and more
Apple unveiled several generative AI products and services. Also, the UN Security Council backed an American plan for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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Macron’s defeat in EU elections; Blinken back in Middle East, and more
France’s mainstream parties—the centre-left Socialists and the Greens, as well as the centre-right Les Republicains—rejected an offer from Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, to create an alliance against the far-right, ahead of a snap legislative election.
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Macron’s defeat in EU elections; Benny Gantz resigned from Israel’s government, and more
Emmanuel Macron dissolved the national assembly and called snap legislative elections. Also, Benny Gantz resigned from Israel’s war cabinet in a dispute with Binyamin Netanyahu over post-war plans for Gaza.
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Emmanuel Macron’s defeat in EU elections; Benny Gantz quits Israeli government, and more
Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, dissolved the national assembly and called snap legislative elections, after exit polls for elections to the European Parliament showed significant gains for far-right parties in France, as well as several other countries.
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Macron’s defeat in EU elections; Benny Gantz quits Israeli government, and more
Macron’s defeat in EU elections; Benny Gantz quits Israeli government, and more
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Israel rescues four hostages; Norway fund to vote against Elon Musk pay package, and more
The Israel Defence Forces said they had rescued four hostages from central Gaza.
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