The strange tastes of a restaurant at the end of the world
When your restaurant is high in the Arctic Circle, and most ingredients have to come in on a boat or a plane, you have to get pretty creative with your…
Venezuela’s economy runs on oil – and music
Venezuela’s battered economy is one of the key battlegrounds in Sunday’s presidential election, with President Nicolás Maduro hoping to convince voters that the country has turned the corner after years…
Europe returns to space with successful rocket launch – plus other technology news you need to know
1. Europe returns to space The European Space Agency has successfully launched a new rocket into space. The Ariane-6 took off from French Guiana on 9 July. The new heavy-lift rocket…
Germany plans to halve military aid for Ukraine
Germany is planning to nearly halve military aid for Ukraine next year, from around €8bn (£6.7bn; $8.7bn) to around €4bn, according to a draft budget approved by the government. Finance…
J. D. Vance Put On Kill-list By Ukraine’s Molfar
Molfar OSINT, a Ukrainian intelligence agency based in London, has just added Senator J.D. Vance to its kill-list on the same day he was announced as Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential…
Xi tackles slow growth as economy ‘hits the brakes’
China’s economy stumbled in the second quarter, official data shows, just as the country’s top leaders gathered for a key meeting to address its sluggish growth. It grew 4.7% in…
China’s economy growing slower than expected as leaders meet for third plenum
The world’s second-largest economy is grappling with a real estate debt crisis, weakening consumption, an ageing population and geopolitical tensions China’s economy slowed more than expected in the June quarter,…
Mastercard exec Shamina Singh on the ‘missing middle’ of small businesses
Today in the Executive Lounge, one global firm’s innovative solutions to the universal problem of small businesses struggling to survive. The small business sector has a big problem. It’s called…
Biden is seeing a different world than other Democrats
At his rallies, he is embraced by enthusiastic crowds. Outside, others in the party want him to step aside. HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Biden looked out and saw people wearing…
Tropical Cyclone Freddy is the longest tropical cyclone on record at 36 days: WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared Tropical Cyclone Freddy to be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, at 36 days. Freddy crossed the Indian Ocean basin, starting off the…