Hope for the crest: an Omicron wave hits India

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<p>The country has the world’s worst estimated covid-death total—but as another variant takes hold there are <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/01/08/is-india-prepared-for-omicron?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reasons for optimism</a>. Mexico’s president has some old-fashioned notions about energy, and his <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/01/08/andres-manuel-lopez-obradors-energy-policy-will-hurt-mexico?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pet legislation</a> would make it both dirtier and costlier. And the Orient Express was itself <a href="https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2021/12/18/railway-lines-once-connected-the-middle-east?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a murder victim</a>, just one line in a continent-spanning rail network that may yet be revived.</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 style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>