Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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For months, Donald Trump has appeared to back Vladimir Putin. Now, frustrated at the lack of a ceasefire and fed up with Russia, the US president is offering to send weapons to Kyiv. Trust-busters are investigating a whiff of price-fixing in the perfume industry. And why bilingual people may have healthier brains.
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| 1:32.4 | The perfume industry is thriving, but poke your nose in and it doesn't all smell quite so sweet. |
| 1:37.1 | A small number of firms dominate, and trust busters are asking if there's a whiff of price fixing. |
| 1:42.1 | And it's long been suggested that learning another language is good for the brain. |
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