Global News
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India's economy, slammed by Covid-19, needs its lost growth
The coronavirus has essentially robbed India of much of the momentum it needed to provide jobs for its young and fast-growing workforce
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The silent partner cleaning up Facebook for $500 million a year
Facebook and Accenture have rarely talked about their arrangement or even acknowledged that they work with each other, but their secretive relationship lies at the heart of an effort by the world's largest social media company to distance itself from the most toxic part of its business
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An Unceremonious end, and a shrouded beginning
The end, at least for the Americans and their Western allies, came on a Monday after the thousands of US troops defending Hamid Karzai International Airport flew out in waves, one lumbering transport plane after another until none were left, in the final hours of the lost war
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The world is still short of everything. Get used to it
The Great Supply Chain Disruption is a central element of the extraordinary uncertainty that continues to frame economic prospects worldwide and if the shortages persist well into next year, that could advance rising prices on a range of commodities
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Banks are bingeing on bonds, but not because they want to
In the second quarter of 2021, banks bought a record of about $150 billion worth of Treasurys, according to a note published this month by JPMorgan analysts
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As the Taliban tightens its grip, fears of retribution grow
So far, the Taliban's political leadership has presented a moderate face, promising amnesty to government security forces who lay down their arms, even writing letters of guarantee that they will not be pursued, although reserving the right to prosecute serious crimes
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The real winner of the Afghan war? It's not who you think
Pakistan was ostensibly America's partner in the war against al-Qaida and the Taliban and its military won tens of billions in American aid over the last two decades, even as Washington acknowledged that much of the money disappeared into unaccounted sinkholes
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Spies for hire: China's new breed of hackers blends espionage and entrepreneurship
China's new approach borrows from the tactics of Russia and Iran, which have tormented public and commercial targets for years
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Forbes plans to go public in $630 million SPAC deal
Forbes is the latest media company to use the once obscure, but increasingly popular SPAC manoeuvre to go public, rather than an initial public offering, which comes with regulatory hassles
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'We will hunt you down': Biden vows to avenge Afghan attack
Biden delivered his remarks hours after the Pentagon confirmed suicide bombers had inflicted the deadliest attack on US forces in Afghanistan in a decade
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Rejecting Covid-19 inquiry, China peddles conspiracy theories blaming the US
This week, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman repeatedly used an official podium to elevate unproven ideas that the coronavirus may have first leaked from a research facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland