2025-03-14
24 分钟The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
In Sweden, gangs have been setting off bombs for years,
but the scale of recent attacks is unprecedented.
The culprits?
Many of them are very young, recruited online, and just trying to make a quick buck.
And Athol Fugard was the preeminent playwright of South Africa's apartheid era.
Our obituaries editor looks back on a career spent exploring the experience of the poor,
both black and white, even as the government tried to shut him down.
First up, though.
This week, Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila.
The International Criminal Court has indicted the former president of the Philippines for crimes against humanity.
He led the country from 2016 to 2022,
proudly overseeing a crackdown on drug traffickers and drug users that killed thousands.
In custody, he remained defiant.
He's now been transferred to the Netherlands to stand trial in The Hague,
where some of his supporters protested and chanted his name.
Our Asia diplomatic editor, Aaron Connolly,
says their complaint was that he had been treated unfairly by the judicial system.