WHEN THE boxer Mike Tyson was asked ahead of a fight whether he was concerned about an opponent’s plan, he was blunt: “Everybody has a plan ‘til they get punched in the mouth.” With NATO it has been the other way around.
TopDeep-sea mining may soon ease the world’s battery-metal shortage
PUSHED BY THE threat of climate change, rich countries are embarking on a grand electrification project. Britain, France and Norway, among others, plan to ban the sale of new internal-combustion cars. Even where bans are not on the statute books, electric-car sales are growing rapidly.
TopThe world this week:Business
Elon Musk appointed Linda Yaccarino as chief executive of Twitter, five months after he said he would relinquish the role. Mr Musk took over the company last October. Ms Yaccarino comes from NBCUniversal, where she was in charge of advertising.
TopHow Vladimir Putin provokes—and complicates—the struggle against autocracy
THE STRUGGLE between autocracy and democracy is “the defining challenge of our time”, President Joe Biden said in December at a virtual “Summit for Democracy”. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine offers evidence he was right.
TopThe pandemic will spur the worldwide growth of private tutoring
SIINA KARBIN, a Finn living in Vienna, had never imagined paying someone to tutor her children. ...
TopLabour rights:The urge to protect
ON AUGUST 19TH Ms Tai, the US Trade Representative, claimed a success. Over the preceding two da...