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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Latest episodes
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Strong jobs growth in America; Stephen Miller to become Trump’s chief of staff, and more
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Elon Musk said Tesla would wind down production of Cybertrucks at its gigafactory in Texas
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Nov 7 3 min
American stock markets slump; Paraguay’s president resigns, and more
Stock markets in America hit the skids again.
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Nov 6 3 min
Vance blames midterm loss on Iran war, and more
America’s vice-president, J.D. Vance, blamed his Republican Party’s loss in the midterm elections on the Iran war.
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Nov 5 4 min
America votes; Trump to stop aid to Israel, and more
All signs point to a triumph for the Democrats in America’s midterm elections.
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Nov 4 3 min
Anthropic’s big spending plans; Apple’s earnings beat estimates, and more
Anthropic committed to spending $895bn on AI infrastructure, according to a regulatory filing ahead of its planned IPO.
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Nov 3 4 min
Germany grapples with unrest; Trump hits the campaign trail, and more
Germany’s interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, promised “severe penalties” for rioters who looted shops and injured more than 100 police in Frankfurt on Saturday night.
Nov 2 3 min
Thousands protest again in France; Oleshky evacuees reach Ukraine, and more
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, ordered his country’s armed forces to deliver “an immediate and effective response without geographical restriction” in the event
Nov 1 3 min
Hackers attempt a crypto heist; Tech stock slump continues, and more
Donald Trump revived plans to rally in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday, after briefly cancelling both trips
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Oct 31 3 min
Alphabet’s bad day; Amazon’s earnings disappoint, and more
Alphabet is in the soup.
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Oct 30 4 min
Alphabet’s disappointing earnings; Binyamin Netanyahu pulls ahead, and more
Alphabet’s quarterly earnings disappointed investors.
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Oct 29 4 min
Israel’s messy election results; America to grant fleeing Flávio Bolsonaro a visa, and more
Exit polls in Israel’s election suggested no clear winner.
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Oct 28 3 min
Anthropic’s IPO; tumbling markets in Brazil, and more
Anthropic, the maker of the chatbot Claude, filed to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange, moving closer to becoming the first company focused mainly on frontier AI to go pu
Oct 27 4 min
Lula’s shock win in Brazil; Machado returns to Venezuela, and more
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election.
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Oct 26 3 min
Largely peaceful protests in France; Iran’s “advanced” plans to kill Americans, and more
Ukraine said its Starlink connection was working again after nearly 11 days of disruptions
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Oct 25 3 min
Stock markets stumble; Trump to cut more Canada tariffs, and more
Melania Trump brokered a ceasefire in Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, according to the White House
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Oct 24 3 min
Tech stocks wobble; Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks, and more
Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to enter American-brokered peace negotiations next month, after he met Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, in St Petersburg.
Oct 23 3 min
Putin agrees to peace negotiations; websites taken down over security bug, and more
Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to enter American-brokered peace negotiations next month, after he met Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, in St Petersburg.
Oct 22 4 min
Ukraine says US intelligence is back; SpaceX revenues soar, and more
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was now receiving American intelligence about Russian strikes.
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Oct 21 3 min
Trump open to Putin-Xi meeting; France enforces curfews, and more
Donald Trump said he was open to meeting Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping to discuss ending the war with Ukraine—whether the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is “the
Oct 20 3 min
Zelensky says America has restarted intelligence sharing; more protests in France, and more
Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, said America had started sharing intelligence again after a pause.
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Oct 19 3 min
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Where The World in Brief from The Economist ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 7, 2026).
A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
It’s as if NPR noticed that other parts of the world were newsworthy, or if the BBC could figure out how to be concise. I don’t need my news providers to editorialize or emote. The criticisms that other listeners have about this informational podcast are bizarre. I get more information about the state of the world per-second with this podcast than with any competitor, and I’ve tried them all.
No DRM · Jul 2024
I enjoy this podcast: Just what I like—short news clips and non partisan. However when they stitch the episode segments together the first syllable of each news item gets cut off, sometimes omitting crucial info. Please fix the audio to make this podcast one better sound file that doesn’t skip sounds.
Sarita7981 · Jun 2024
Great daily rundown. Thoughtful and global coverage. I listened daily for a year and then subscribed to the Economist - love that their full weekly editions are on audio.
Tyler - NY · Aug 2022
One of my favorite news podcasts when I need to stay informed on-the-go. It's short and straight to the point. When they make a mistake regarding details of the news they cover, they issue a quick apology at the end of the episode. I'm sad to say that this podcasts is one of the only podcasts out there that apologizes if they make a mistake.
GliterGirlPixie · Apr 2022
The content is excellent and succinct. Unfortunately, the new reader makes it a painful experience. The delivery is so slow that I fall asleep before a sentence is complete. The quality of voice seems to be poor, but this could be a change in recording equipment. This used to be my favorite podcast. Now, I’m considering cancelation in favor of some of a podcast with both good content and good delivery. The former reader was far superior to this new one.
iamnNirvana2 · Jun 2022
This daily update now has more ads than news. Now 60 seconds at the beginning and 90 seconds at the end with little news in between. I am an Economist subscriber and use to enjoy these podcast for a quick update in my regular podcast feed. They try to force you to listen to every thing on their apps. Very obnoxious.
SoCalCuster · Jan 2025
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