current economic issues 2021
- Feb- 2023 -5 FebruaryEconomy
Ukraine prepares for renewed Russian offensive
Ukrainian forces are bracing for an imminent large-scale attack by Russian troops as the Kremlin seeks to regain the initiative…
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Workplace bullying should have no place in politics
The writer is director of the Institute for Government Britain’s political classes are accustomed to financial impropriety being grounds for…
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Electric vehicles defy price war after Ford and Tesla discounts
Two cuts do not an EV price war make. Ford discounted the price on its plug-in Mustang Mach-E car last…
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Turkey and Syria face challenge to mend ties after years of ‘zero trust’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once embraced his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad as “my brother” and hosted his family at…
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‘Horizons have shrunk’: Japanese tourists reluctant to venture abroad over Covid fears
Michiko Miyamoto used to make frequent trips to Europe. But since the onset of the pandemic, the 66-year-old Tokyo dweller…
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Death and Japan’s nuclear shelter salesman
The “doomsday clock” maintained since 1947 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is many things. An index of our gossamer…
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US shoots down Chinese spy balloon and moves to recover wreckage
The US has shot down the Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over the country for almost a week,…
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My downshift to deepest Spain
My house stands on its own in a secluded valley curving upward towards a range of hills where rivers rush…
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Teachers’ strike lays bare the heartbreaking plight of schools
The writer is chief executive of Ark, a charity that runs a chain of state sector academies Many of us…
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Letter from Vilnius — partying in the shadow of Putin
Part of last month’s Vilnius Light Festival © Go Vilnius/Gabriel Khiterer Shortly before flying to Lithuania’s capital city, I spot…
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