All That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone
At an office in SoHo, rows of desks sit empty, while a shaggy dog — shadowing an owner nostalgic for work-from-home comforts — wanders the conference rooms. At a tech…
Indonesia’s Wait-And-See Approach Towards Joining BRICS | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even with China being a vastly more important a trade partner to Indonesia than the US (22.6% of 2022 exports versus 9.7% in the US), Indonesia so far…
New Russian High School Textbooks Seek to Justify War in Ukraine
As Russian high school students returned to classes after the summer break on Friday, they were expected to receive a heavily revised history textbook that claims that Ukraine is an…
The One-Handed Backhand Is on the Way to Extinction
Behold the beautiful and beloved one-handed backhand, but do it quickly, because time is running short for tennis’s lustiest shot. Yes, the shot that made Roger Federer famous, the signature…
The Forgotten Teenage Trailblazer of Women’s Tennis
Before Ira Glasser, who would later become the director of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed the official complaint, he spent six months unsuccessfully petitioning the Board of Education to…
Leaked Recording of U.A.E. Officials Reveals the Nation’s Concern Over Its Public Image
When the United Arab Emirates hosts this year’s United Nations climate summit, it will elevate the Gulf nation’s global profile. But the conference is also inviting scrutiny of the Emirates’…
U.S. Officials Are Streaming to China. Will Beijing Return the Favor?
When Gina Raimondo, the secretary of commerce, left China this week, it marked the end of a three-month diplomatic blitz by the Biden administration to try to stabilize ties with…