What measures will governments and people take in response to such tectonic economic and cultural shift and how to avoid the prospect of undermining the very foundations of prosperity? The US President’ strongest supporters live in the declining states. The UK’s Brexit backers are mostly from struggling regions, as in rich countries the divide that…
Chinese companies have been acquiring overseas mining assets during 2018, to secure metals and minerals for the energy transition away from fossil fuels. With over £ 7bn worth of deals in 2018, Chinese groups are now increasingly targeting minerals needed for electric car batteries and clean energy technologies. They even bought stakes in copper,…
Microsoft in a statement said “ We can confirm that Bing was inaccessible in China, but service is now restored”. The outage caused concern that the service might have been blocked by the Chinese authorities, in the same way the firewall that blocks Facebook and Twitter. Chinese authorities have also cracked down on Virtual Private…
India’s Congress party has deployed their latest weapon, popular member of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, younger sister of Congress Party president Rahul Gandhi. She will oversee the party’s election campaign in the eastern half of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most popular state, which is critical to the outcome of May’s national elections and try to…
Already assimilating new info on what’s hot what’s not and what’s nominated in new film releases, Green Book has proved a cosy hit with audiences and with a comfortable budget (23M) which has produced a gripping tale, though one could call it a “roadtrip human interest story” rather than action, adventure, saga, romcom or blockbuster.…
Patisserie Valerie, the café chain chaired by Luke Johnson, is victim of widespread accounting fraud, has crashes into administration after last- minute talks with banks failed to secure a financial lifeline. The restaurant group said the collapse was a “direct result” of the fraud, which produced accounts showing £28m in cash rather than the £9.8m…
Sir Philip Hampton, GSK chairman is to step down just a month after the UK drug manufacturer announced a break-up that will ditch its established vaccines to toothpaste. Emma Walmsley, GSK CEO unveiled plans late last year to split the company in two, creating a £9.8bn consumer health business through a joint venture with US…
Billionaires clocked their fortunes by a total of nearly £2billin per day last year, as the wealth of the world’s poorest dwindled by 11 per cent according to Oxfam. The world’s 26 richest people now hold the same amount as the poorest half of the global population, down from 43 in 2017. The worth of…
Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical spectacle of a “ super blood wolf moon” , when the moon turned a deep shade of red, part of a lunar eclipse makes the surface of the moon appear a reddish hue and won’t be seen again for another 18 years. The red moon was visible for…
The Bedroom is an essay, a working through of Perrot’s various thoughts and literary entanglements, on the bedroom, the room turned askance and viewed via its various uses , turns into a history of privacy and what, exactly, identity, comfort , sequestration and ownership might have meant though the ages to writers as diverse as…