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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In New York, I'm John Fasten.

And in London, I'm Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

At the end of July, an American drone strike killed Aiman al-Zawahiri, the nominal head of al-Qaeda.

That group and Islamic State occupy far fewer headlines than they did a

decade ago. But that doesn't mean they've been inactive. And toiling in the fields of South

Korea's countryside, you'll find a growing crop of freshly minted farmers. We ask why so many

young Koreans are giving up the city slicker life to work the land.

But first... China's President Xi Jinping is venturing outside his country for the first time in more than a thousand days.

He was first welcomed with trumpets and ceremony yesterday in Kazakhstan, where he met with

Central Asian leaders.

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