West-siding story? Turkey’s tactical shift
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Despite cosying up with Russia and accusing America of trying to topple him, the newly re-elected president now appears to be flirting with old allies. But there is reason to be sceptical. A global survey shows that liberal values may not be catching on as some expected (09:54). And, have scientists found the biggest animal that ever lived (18:36)?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
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| 1:05.9 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm Oire Ogunbe. |
| 1:10.9 | And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:20.0 | When the United Nations was set up after the Second World War, the hope was that the liberal values on which it was founded would become universal. |
| 1:28.3 | But despite getting richer, some countries have other ideas for achieving peace and security. |
| 1:34.3 | And picture the biggest animal ever. |
| 1:38.3 | You might be thinking of the blue whale. |
| 1:40.3 | But now there's evidence of a creature more like an enormous manatee that lived 40 million years ago and may have outweighed the blue whale. But now there's evidence of a creature more like an enormous manatee that lived 40 million |
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