The Intelligence: Red (Sea) alert
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In response to the war in Gaza, Iran-backed Houthi militants are attacking vessels along the key shipping route. If it continues, the consequences could upend global trade. Why do so many young Americans think that the Holocaust is a myth (09:51)? And, how museums are finding some value in NFTs (14:40).
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| 0:46.4 | Ora Ogunbi. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 0:51.6 | shaping your world. |
| 0:53.2 | A rise in anti-Semitism across campuses |
| 0:59.4 | prompted our data journalists to dig a little deeper into young Americans knowledge of Jewish history. |
| 1:05.2 | The results are alarming. |
| 1:08.2 | And a few years ago, NFTs were all the craze. |
| 1:14.0 | Some believed that they would transform arts in the digital age. |
| 1:17.6 | But then the frenzy died, and almost everyone stopped buying them. |
| 1:21.7 | Except museums. First up there. The Sioux is now is one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. |
| 1:50.0 | It allows for convenient maritime trade between Asia and Europe by connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. |
| 1:57.0 | To give you a sense of just how important it is, |
| 2:01.0 | a third of the world's enormous cargo ships will pass through this narrow archery, |
| 2:06.1 | carrying an estimated 12% of global trade by volume. |
| 2:10.5 | In 1956, it was the focal point of significant conflict. |
| 2:15.0 | The Suez Canal lifeline of Europe in a dramatic sequence of events became a cause of war |
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