2025-09-12
24 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Bloor.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
A terrifying new epidemic is sweeping the streets of Sierra Leone and other countries in West Africa.
Kush, a synthetic drug, is both extremely dangerous and extremely cheap.
And you know why the Carabinieri, Italy's national police force, looks so sharply dressed?
Because their uniforms were designed by Giorgio Armani.
Our obituaries editor looks back on the life and career of a man with an unmatched eye for detail.
First up, though.
It doesn't even make any sense!
I'm the eldest boy!
I am the eldest boy!
It really is a story that could have come out of the HBO show, Succession.
Actually, other way around, Succession was kind of obviously based on this same drama.
the Murdoch family and control of its media empire.
Now, maybe the longest job interview in history has ended.
Lachlan Murdoch, he's the eldest boy,
will have control of Fox Corporation and News Corp when his 94-year-old father, Rupert, dies.