In the last few weeks, Covid-19 cases in China have surged to record highs, with pandemic restrictions rising to affect around 25% of the country’s GDP by late November according to analysts at Nomura, above the previous peak of 21% reached in April when Shanghai was under lockdown.
Category: International
Missiles From Russia to Poland (with Love) or Putin and the Art of How not to Win a War
There is something very odd going on with Putin and his war with Ukraine. Success in the battlefield requires planning, strategy and logistics combined with a professional military.
Groups Call on Biden Administration to Reject Plans to House Haitian Refugees in Guantánamo Bay
Washington, DC, US//— The Haitian Bridge Alliance, member organizations of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC), and over 280 civil and human rights organizations sent a letter calling on President Biden to protect Haitian asylum seekers.
How India’s Central Bank Helped Spur a Digital Payments Boom
The Reserve Bank of India’s headquarters, opened in 1981, is a high-rise building clad in white towering over Mumbai’s Fort district, a few blocks from the waterfront.
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Announces Her Resignation
Liz Truss today announced her resignation as prime minister.
Latest Global Growth Forecasts Show Challenges Facing Economies
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook released last week forecasts that global economic growth will slow from 3.2 percent this year to 2.7 percent next year. The 2022 projection was unchanged from the last estimate, in July, but next year’s was cut by 0.2 percentage point.
Kamikaze Drones and Putin’s Special Operation as an Unjust War
Vladimir Putin has declared that he “has no regrets” regarding his special Ukrainian military operation. This statement was part of another attempt to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Fires Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng
British Prime Minister Liz Truss has dismissed her chancellor in advance of an expected announcement on changes to an economic package that triggered turmoil in financial markets.
IMF: The Global Economy Slowing Amid Continued Tight Financing Conditions
Washington DC, US//-The global economy is slowing amid continued tight financing conditions, announced Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF today (Wednesday, October 12, 2022) in Washington, DC.
University of Birmingham: The Crimean Bridge and Putin’s Dysfunctional Decision-making
Birmingham, UK//-The average individual makes around 2,000 decisions every waking hour with many of these being trivial and automated. Some people are better able to make good decisions and then there are people who continually make bad decisions.