What World Leaders Did Wrong about COVID-19 Testing
Published on May 25, 2020 by Anne The Blood Test, The Swab Test, and The Saliva Test Essentially, there are three general…
A memo to candidates for the WTO’s next boss
May 23rd 2020WASHINGTON, DCSO YOU WANT to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). If successful, you…
Sovereign-wealth funds face lean years
May 21st 2020EVERY OTHER Monday Kirill Dmitriev, the boss of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), dials in to Zoom to chat…
India’s economy has suffered even more than most
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Man Gets Girlfriend Congratulations Cake After She Farts in Front of Him
One Queensland couple, on Australia’s Gold Coast, used a cake to commemorate a rather contrasting affair recently – the first…
Should the Fed cut rates below zero?
May 23rd 2020YOU COULD be forgiven for supposing that the Federal Reserve has already thrown everything—kitchen fixtures included—at…
Why you need to read Jane Austen to appreciate perpetual bonds
May 21st 2020EVERYBODY AGREES that Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a love story. A truth less universally acknowledged…
Vietnam’s secretive Communist Party embarks on a leadership transition
May 21st 2020IN JANUARY FOUR grey apparatchiks with little name or face recognition inside Vietnam, let alone abroad, will emerge…
Malaysia’s shaky government dodges a no-confidence motion
IT WAS THE shortest session on record. Malaysia’s MPs convened on May 18th to hear a speech from the king (pictured). No sooner…
Egypt chose a looser lockdown. Its economy is still in crisis
THERE WAS never much chance of social distancing in Cairo, a city more populous than most countries. Buses fill to overflowing,…