Blast from the past: a long-awaited verdict in Lebanon

<p>For 15 years, the truck-bomb killing of a former prime minister went unpunished. But an even more devastating recent blast overshadowed <a href="http://espresso.economist.com/1427e10d92d23fb0476c58351417849e?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a court’s ruling</a> on the culprits. Chinese students hoping to study in America have been caught in the middle of the countries’ rising animus—<a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2020/07/09/a-sino-american-bond-forged-by-chinese-students-is-in-peril?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">not for the first time</a>. And the origins of <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/08/15/nigerias-demand-for-fancy-wigs-fuels-a-global-trade?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">all the hair</a> in Nigeria’s wildly popular wigs.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>