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boundary="50gkHOyp6eTJ=_?:" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --50gkHOyp6eTJ=_?: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The Economist ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=5c1c66a8e83145ac99da086c6f0b3cb5f000ca9e9882a2fe8eed57b48248838adb101a738eff62cd86db5a328ba633dbeac1086f8cd12a9901e5d92379f20e5d https://view.e.economist.com/?qs=b875dc700d765affc43e28a4b63bb9ff5e7a72b8f6119329baf2072acd2e95134b5ea221d438cb54d2ab97933d5ad689c65e100836b345bcd3f2f4aa515772545a015a2200d606f09deb82fb17a3e5a3 Read in browser February 18th 2025 The Economist today The best of our journalism, handpicked each day https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=5c1c66a8e83145aca9d3bce06d932a62406e85763fb91d3c299feeb131c4fc737e3ff2270a913ea6c3aa3ad6f574601bfaf5b7f5194846854e56f84e0780c3ec https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=5c1c66a8e83145acb0e8dc41972cd74850731153728ffeda189f971ed8632dc806ec55d80349d861907433e4b2043c15ba8bce0d84d0808446a162254c3b363b https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=5c1c66a8e83145acb0e8dc41972cd74850731153728ffeda189f971ed8632dc806ec55d80349d861907433e4b2043c15ba8bce0d84d0808446a162254c3b363b Kennett Werner US news editor https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=5c1c66a8e83145ac43c76a711c1b48be79b1292e7b5168d5787f0afa784561f32e2357f375a224410a210ee3ef3f33bcc9c50e4f56ba56303867c2e0c0cc3a7d American and Russian officials met in Riyadh today to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. 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