India is recording more cases of covid-19 than any other country
South Asia is fast becoming the centre of the pandemicON APRIL 3RD, for the second day in a row, India recorded some 90,000 new cases of covid-19—more than any other country in the world. The day before neighbouring Bangladesh had registered far fewer—just under 7,000—but that was nonetheless a record for the country. Pakistan, too,…
House prices in the rich world are booming
Unusually, suburbs not cities are feeling the heatApr 3rd 2021Bicester and RhinebeckON A SUNNY afternoon in Kingsmere, a new suburb of Bicester, a town 50 miles (80km) north of London, the streets are abuzz with people strolling and children playing. In ten years 1,600 homes have been built on the site, and another 900 are…