Country of the year: The Economist picks
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In the past 12 months, there has been no lack of news. Editors at The Economist have picked their way through the rubble to uncover some optimism: which country has seen the greatest improvement this year? After fierce debate, the decision is conclusive. And our correspondent joins an unusual rescue mission: the pet railroad to a new life (17:00).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist |
| 0:02.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Rosie Bloor |
| 0:15.0 | and I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:17.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:30.4 | Remember that moment during the pandemic when everyone seemed to be getting a pet? |
| 0:33.7 | Well, many of those animals are now being abandoned. |
| 0:40.4 | Our correspondent went on an unusual rescue mission, the Pet Railroad to a new life. |
| 1:05.0 | First up, though. First up, though, it sometimes feels like we've lived several lives in 2024. It was the year of elections. |
| 1:08.0 | India has re-elected Narendra Modi as prime minister. |
| 1:11.9 | To Senegal now, which has held snap elections after the president dissolved parliament |
| 1:16.5 | hoping to sweep through ambitious reforms. |
| 1:19.1 | Donald Trump has won the state of Wisconsin, which means he is the winner of this race |
| 1:23.5 | and will return to the White House as this country is 47. |
| 1:26.4 | Russia continued its attack on Ukraine. |
| 1:29.4 | Civil war raged in Sudan. |
| 1:32.2 | And Israel moved forward with its assault in Gaza. |
| 1:35.5 | More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its war to destroy Hamas. |
| 1:42.1 | It wasn't all politics and war. |
| 1:45.0 | Artificial intelligence was at the forefront of advances in tech, |
| 1:49.0 | and all eyes turned to Paris in July as the Olympic rings lit up the Eiffel Tower. |
| 1:54.0 | Simone Biles has won her sixth Olympic gold medal by winning the women's all-around gymnastics finalists. |
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