{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/3a5f3614-6aff-4e3d-9c3e-efe66936d2d1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Jeddah mind trick: Joe Biden in Saudi Arabia","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/62e286e0dc55dd001230a8c9.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Joe Biden <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/07/12/what-does-the-middle-east-offer-america\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lands in Saudi Arabia</a> this morning, having spent two unremarkable days in Israel and the West Bank. As president, he has been unusually disengaged from the Middle East, and will probably return home with little to show for his peregrinations. We survey the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/06/23/latin-america-lacks-decent-sex-education-in-its-schools\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">state of sex education</a> in Latin American schools, and explain why dinosaurs <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/07/01/how-the-dinosaurs-took-over\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">outcompeted other species</a>.</p><p><br></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>","author_name":"The Economist"}