Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dies at 99: What Will Happen at the Funeral?
Published on Apr 9, 2021 by AnneThe world is devastated by the news that Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has…
Singapore’s prime-minister-in-waiting gives up the job
The city-state’s carefully planned leadership transition is in disarrayIT WAS A rare moment of drama in Singapore’s normally…
Britain’s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dies aged 99: What Will Happen at the Funeral?
Published on Apr 9, 2021 by AnneThe world is devastated by the news that Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has…
Robert Mundell, an influential international economist, has died
Apr 8th 2021WASHINGTON, DCAFTER ACCEPTING the Nobel prize in economics in 1999, Robert Mundell crooned “My Way”, the song…
As China’s stockmarket corrects, regulators try doing less
THE JOB of China’s top securities cop is a precarious one. Its fortunes are closely linked with the vagaries of the country’s…
Another species harmed by climate change: Japanese poets
“HOW MANY, many things/they call to mind/these cherry blossoms!” the poet Basho once wrote of Japan’s favourite flower….
China tries to nick another speck in the sea from the Philippines
Apr 8th 2021THE CHINESE ships that appeared around Whitsun Reef in March were unusual for fishing vessels. They seemed to do little…
Kenyans are starting to drink their own coffee
IN A SINGLE room tucked away behind a petrol pump in central Nairobi, men toil over a whirling drum, a shiny metal rack and heaps…
The IMF marks up the global recovery
ON APRIL 6TH the IMF raised its forecasts for the global economic recovery. The cause? Vaccination programmes and a healthy dose…
In poor countries, statistics are both undersupplied and underused
Apr 8th 2021IN THE RICH world, people worry that prying governments know too much about them. Popular culture valorises characters…