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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.

The resurgence of the Japanese economy has long been foretold,

but as inflation and interest rates rise,

our correspondence says we might just be getting there.

And Britain's members of Parliament, on average, don't mind doing media appearances,

and they're not shy about getting paid for them either.

We look at how this side hustling has earned them tens of millions of pounds. No. First up, though,

To fill out of the sulta, in Syria last week, Ahmaid al-Shara was declared the transitional president.

Mr. Shara was the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the main opposition militia that ousted

the regime of Bashar al-Assad in December.

In his speech, upon becoming president, Mr. Shara spoke about the need to fill the power vacuum

in a legal manner, to preserve peace, prevent revenge.

It's quite a turnaround.

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