How is Omicron affecting the global economic recovery?
Jan 23rd 2022SAN FRANCISCOLATE NOVEMBER almost began to feel like the early days of the pandemic all over again. Global stockmarkets…
Omicron latest: Omicron comes to Mexico
Jan 21st 2022IF THERE IS one lesson the covid-19 pandemic has taught the world, it is that acting early pays off. So when news…
Just how gummed up are supply chains?
Jan 22nd 2022WASHINGTON, DCTHE GENERAL public learned far more about supply chains last year than it probably cared to. A host…
As China’s economy slows, policymakers seek to revive growth
CHINA HAS not enjoyed much success at the sport of curling, which will feature in the Beijing winter Olympics beginning on February…
Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3m people a year
Jan 22nd 2022RUMINA HASAN peers at a sample of bacteria taken from a three-day-old baby suffering from fever and fits. What she…
Both main candidates for the South Korean presidency are reviled
Jan 20th 2022ALL OF SOUTH KOREA’S past presidents have been tainted by corruption investigations. Both of the surviving ones…
Babies learn about the world by looking at who shares saliva
Jan 22nd 2022THE COMPLEXITIES of human relations are difficult enough for adults to navigate—and they have at least some idea…
Why bank stocks are tumbling even as interest rates climb
Jan 22nd 2022MUCH AS HIGHER milk prices are typically good news for dairy farmers, higher interest rates are meant to be good…
Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs
Jan 22nd 2022WHEN THE pandemic first struck, unemployment soared. Not since the Depression had American joblessness surpassed…
Virat Kohli, India’s cricket captain, was more than a sporting hero
FEW POSITIONS in India confer as much prestige as captain of the country’s Test cricket team—or as much weight. Carrying the…