If you are lucky enough to be healthy in Covid-haunted Delhi, life feels strangely disconnected. Offline, there’s an undeclared lockdown. The normally noisy city is silent except for the sound of birds. Social media, on the other hand, is an unfolding tapestry of tragedy. People beg for help finding hospital beds and life-saving medicines. Friends and acquaintances call and text ...

Has Apple Inc exploited its dominance to squeeze out rivals? Whatever the technicalities, the fact that there are now formal charges against the world’s most valuable company should start to change its attitude towards competition. The European Commission hit Apple with an antitrust complaint for abusing its role as the App Store gatekeeper and disadvantaging Spotify Technologies SA’s music-streaming service. ...

From fish farms bobbing in the Straits of Johor to industrial warehouses and the rooftops of hotels downtown, urban farming is all the rage in Singapore. Covid-19 has given the country, which produces only a tiny fraction of what its people eat, a big scare. Dependence on neighbours for sustenance is a huge vulnerability the government says it’s determined to ...