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Why Shanghai’s gentle Covid-zero policy failed

  Shanghai is China’s most important financial hub as well as the regional headquarters of global brands such as Apple Inc, Tesla Inc and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE. Until recently, it also executed China’s “dynamic clearing” Covid policy better than the country’s other municipalities. With a staff of over 3,000 conducting contact tracing in the city of 25 ...

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Putin’s N-threat makes unthinkable a possibility

  Might Russian President Vladimir Putin drop The Bomb? Unleash a nuclear weapon in Ukraine? It is conceivable. Yet five years ago, it would have seemed fantastic that such a question could be posed about any national leader in the world. For much of the Cold War, prospects of Armageddon filled the nightmares of statesmen and their peoples. During the ...

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World’s longest passenger jet plans to avoid Russian skies

  Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd plans to reroute its New York-Hong Kong service to avoid Russian airspace, in what would be the world’s longest commercial passenger flight by distance. The airline plans to fly from John F Kennedy International Airport over the Atlantic Ocean, the UK, southern Europe and central Asia, according to a memo to Cathay flight staff ...

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