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The World in Brief from The Economist

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The World in Brief from The Economist
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  • The World in Brief from The Economist

    Kaja Kallas rebuts American criticism; Europe considers nuclear proliferation, and more

    16/2/2026 | 3 mins.
    Kaja Kallas, the vice-president of the European Commission, rejected America’s assertion, made in a national-defence document last year, that Europe is facing “civilizational erasure”.

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    Britain says toxin killed Navalny; Rubio takes friendlier approach to Europe, and more

    15/2/2026 | 3 mins.
    Britain and four European countries said it was “highly likely” that a poison developed from the Ecuador dart frog killed Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader

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    DP World boss leaves over Epstein fallout; Trump sends second aircraft-carrier to Middle East, and more

    14/2/2026 | 3 mins.
    America’s annual inflation rate fell further than expected in January, to 2.4%

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    Minnesota immigration operation to end; Bangladesh Nationalist Party eyes election victory, and more

    13/2/2026 | 4 mins.
    Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, said that federal immigration agents would end their operation in Minnesota after more than two months.

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    America adds more jobs than expected; suspect in Canada shooting identified, and more

    12/2/2026 | 3 mins.
    America’s economy added 130,000 jobs in January, almost double the number that analysts had been expecting, indicating that the labour market might have picked up after months of apparent stagnation.

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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.Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief for access to the full World in Brief.Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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