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April 25th 2023
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The 2024 election
Joe Biden fires the starting gun on the presidential race
Why you should worry about a Biden-Trump rematch
How popular is Joe Biden?
History may yet judge Mr Biden’s presidency as transformational
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Financial giants
Welcome to a new, humbler private-equity industry
Dealmakers are getting back to work. Yet they will struggle to recapture past glories
A contentious birthday
Israel’s angsty 75th anniversary
Fierce internal divisions will define the country’s next chapter
By Invitation: Avi Shlaim calls for critical reflection as Israel turns 75
By Invitation
South Korea faces tests in its relations with both America and Japan, says a former foreign minister
Kang Kyung-wha believes that the country has earned the right to be more assertive
Lookback in anger
A New York jury will be asked if Donald Trump is a rapist
Another case against the former president gets under way
Banyan
Michael Lipton: The big man of land reform
The British economist, who died on April 1st, championed land rights for the poor
A sticky dictatorship
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocrat, is winning
Juan Guaidó, the main opposition politician, has just fled the country
Daily chart
Quantifying the rise of America’s far right
The extremists are becoming more deadly. The ideology is becoming more mainstream
World in a dish
How the chocolate fondant became a ubiquitous indulgence
The dessert can be found in Michelin-starred restaurants and supermarkets alike
Drum Tower
Is Xi Jinping really like Mao Zedong?
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we consider what two former Chinese leaders tell us about Xi’s political ambitions
40%, the proportion of Ukraine’s fighter jets that have been lost since the start of the war. Read the full story.
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