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Kyiv reprieve: Trump loses patience with Putin

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

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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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor.

1:31.0

And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:39.7

The perfume industry is thriving, but poke your nose in and it doesn't all smell quite so sweet.

1:45.8

A small number of firms dominate, and trust busters are asking if there's a whiff of price fixing.

1:55.7

And it's long been suggested that learning another language is good for the brain.

1:59.8

But how good? In what ways?

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