A new film about Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of a blood-testing startup, is Shakespearean in ambition and nuance.

Topics covered:

• You Can See Everything
• Nathan Fielder
• Theranos

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Millennials are the comeback cohort—both financially and culturally. Their success deserves a toast (not the avocado sort).

Topics covered:

• Millennials
• Culture
• Finance

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A thriving private sector in Cuba would loosen the grip of the country’s repressive regime. Donald Trump’s administration should help strengthen it.

Topics covered:

• Cuba
• United States
• Business

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President Trump’s scheme to secure Russian diesel is terrible for Ukraine and shameful for America.

Topics covered:

• America-Russia energy deal
• War in Ukraine
• Russia

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A new podcasting elite gives tech bosses a cosy platform to broadcast their ideas. To much of the world, it sounds jarring.

Topics covered:

• Silicon Valley
• Podcasting
• Artificial intelligence

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Britain’s Conservative Party still has a shot. But its pitch for power is incoherent.

Topics covered:

• British politics
• Kemi Badenoch
• Nigel Farage

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The country’s ruthless military chief is trying to fragment the opposition.

Topics covered:

• Field Marshal Asim Munir
• Pakistan
• Imran Khan

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Rich-world politicians are playing a high-stakes game with public debt.

Topics covered:

• Bond markets
• Public debt
• Fiscal policy

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