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Malay Choir in Cape Town

Posted on 12 August 202023 December 2021 by ilagardien

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Financial Times

UK Power Networks: inflation prompts bout of vendor remorse from Hong Kong investor
To catch a rare-book thief
Courts backlog worsens as junior barristers quit over pay
Kellogg’s loses UK legal challenge over new government sugar rules
Uniper: the pain from Germany’s gas crisis will be widely shared

Branko Milanovic Personal Blog

China’s household incomes and inequality in the Year I of covid
There has been an enormous talk of the new inequalities wrought by covid-19 between and within countries: in mortality and morbidity, vaccination rates, style of life (those who had to show up physically at work vs those who could stay at home), unemployment rates, gender, age etc. But it is only now that actual information […]
A short essay on the differences between Marx and Keynes
This short piece is stimulated by my recent reading of the French translation of Joan Robinson’s 1942 Essay on Marxian Economics published together with several additional texts on Marx, Marshall and Keynes written by Robinson over the years. (The translation and preface by Ulysse Lojkine.) It was also stimulated by a very nice review of […]
What if Putin’s true goals are different?
By any standard indicator that measures the achievements by the extent to which the stated objectives have been realized, Russia’s war against Ukraine has been a failure. Ukraine is much more militarized than ever; it is probably one of the most militarized countries in the world right now; Russia’s security has markedly deteriorated; NATO has […]
From dilettantism to war: a review of Andrei Kozyrev’s political memoir
Russia is remarkably ill-starred by having had very incompetent leaders. They have done the opposite of what they intended to accomplish. Brezhnev planned to introduce a degree of predictability in domestic and foreign policy; he presided over a long period of technological decline of the Soviet economy. Gorbachev wanted to create a democratic federation; he […]
The many in one: A review of Amartya Sen’s “Home in the world: A memoir”
No contemporary famous economist has as broad interests and knowledge, nor as diverse life experience as Amartya Sen. It is not surprising that many have been looking forward to reading the first volume of his memoirs. It covers the period from his birth in 1933 to the beginnings of his academic career in the United […]

BBC World News

Copenhagen shooting: Gunman charged in court with murder
Ukraine war: What is Putin's plan now Luhansk has fallen?
EasyJet executive quits after major flight disruption
Marmolada glacier collapse in Italy kills seven
Copenhagen shooting: Harry Styles fans praise Danish police for attack response

Channelnews Asia

Singapore-based crypto lender Vauld suspends withdrawals
Russia will focus on Ukraine's Donetsk region after taking Luhansk, regional governor says
Malaysia court rejects UMNO president Ahmad Zahid’s bid to halt corruption trial proceedings
Western ambassadors in China sound off over Russia in rare forum
Brothers jailed for cheating banks in suspected transnational money-laundering scheme

Singapore Straits Times

Updated Covid-19 shots are coming. Will they be too late?
Gunman behind Copenhagen shooting to be kept in custody for 24 days: Police
Spain seizes first underwater drug smuggling drones
Wildfire rages north of Athens, 1 town evacuated
Brussels Airlines to cancel around 700 flights over summer holiday
Harry Styles devastated over Denmark shooting, cancels concert
Ukrainians take up new positions as Putin proclaims victory in Luhansk
Washington Report Podcast: Most Americans do not want Biden to run for presidential re-election
Pope Francis denies he is planning to resign soon
18 dead in Uzbekistan unrest last week: Prosecutor

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Malay Mail

Cuepacs: Four-day working week proposal not suitable for now
Higher Education Ministry gives six-month rent moratorium to campus food operators at IPTAs
Economists: Govt’s move to maintain electricity tariff shields consumers in Malaysia from direct impact of rising prices

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