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Regularly updated news on the global economy and politics from our team and Bloomberg and The Economist.
‘Summer of Our Discontent’: An age of rage
The Life Review

‘Summer of Our Discontent’: An age of rage

Are lessons to be learned from the tumultuous 2020 pandemic and social unrest?

Google is trying everything to sell AI to sceptics
World Opinion

Google is trying everything to sell AI to sceptics

Google’s AI features might reach a new and important audience.

Bloomberg 23 Aug 2025
End of a green delusion
World

End of a green delusion

Flummoxed as always, environmentalists may yet get a carbon tax thanks to Trump.

NBCUniversal and MLB nearing US$600m deal
World

NBCUniversal and MLB nearing US$600m deal

Netflix is also in advanced talks with the league to stream the Home Run Derby.