Most years, the end of the retail industry’s sales calendar is defined by a tidy succession of seasonal events: back-to-school, Halloween and Christmas. With the pandemic, this isn’t an ordinary year. The result? Those shopping rituals are poised to converge into a super season of sorts in October, creating a tricky balancing act that is bound to trip up some ...

India’s worst economic slump is no time for the government to sow doubts about the credibility of its institutions. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) postponed its three-day, rate-setting meeting without giving a reason. It was probably cancelled because the panel didn’t have enough people to convene; the six-person committee requires four officials to proceed. The terms of three members ...

When Boris Johnson had his breakthrough meeting with then Irish leader Leo Varadkar outside Liverpool in 2019, he had a burning need to strike a Brexit deal and only one major obstacle standing in the way: the Irish border. Faced with either betraying Brexiters in his party, which would have been the end of his leadership, or plunging his country ...