The spread of monkeypox
Since britain reported a case of monkeypox on May 7th, more than 300 further instances have been noted across the world. The disease, which is usually confined to Africa, is now present in at least 17 countries in Europe and five other non-African ones (see map). The symptoms (fever, exhaustion and pustules which spread across…
Ukraine’s agricultural research is threatened by the war
It was a moment of horror. In a video posted on the internet on May 14th Sergey Avramenko, a researcher at the National Gene Bank of Plants of Ukraine, the world’s tenth-largest such facility, ran his fingers through bags of charred seeds. “Everything turned to ashes,” he grieved. It later emerged that only an outpost…
Wall Street’s housing grab continues
Spring weather often lures a stampede of homebuyers. Blossoming flowers and gushing sunlight after the winter slog make homes look more inviting. Not this year, though. Across the rich world house-hunters perturbed by high prices and rising rates are holding fire on mortgage applications. In America new home sales have crashed to two-year lows. One…
How economic interdependence fosters alliances and democracy
On his whirlwind tour of Asia, concluded on May 24th, President Joe Biden conducted himself with the awkward urgency of a man trying to correct a costly error. China may be reeling, but the ambivalent reaction, outside rich democracies, to America’s late search for solidarity reveals how Washington’s global influence has faded relative to Beijing’s.…
How your business can gain and keep customers
It’s no easy thing to be a business owner. You have a lot of challenges to tackle along the way, and one of the biggest ones is your relationship with your customers. To build a reputation in business, you must have loyal, dedicated clients who stick with you over the years, but in order to…
How to be updated with the new business language
Our society is constantly changing and with the arrival and advancement of new technologies everything begins to go faster and faster, from the internal processes of our company, through the way we use our portable telephone to the very way of to talk; And if you read correctly, the way of speaking also changes with the…