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G7 leaders contemplate a future ‘beyond Westlessness’ In a post-Trump world, the group of rich nations is looking to rebuild a global alliance to counter China’s rise. The picture at the 2018 G7 meeting that said it all. Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Shinzo Abe and other leaders implore an impassive Donald Trump.  Getty Save Share The annual Munich Security Conference (MSC), a gathering of top Western foreign and defence ­officials, takes place in the southern German city...

In The Aristocracy of Talent, Adrian Wooldridge traces the history of meritocracy and fears for its future.

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"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Synopsis: On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in the last century - or even tried to stamp it out - are now run by avowedly religious leaders. "God is Back" shines a bright light on this huge, hidden world of faith, from televangelism in California to house churches in China. Since the Enlightenment, intellectuals assumed that modernization...

Climate journalism enters the solutions era In the summer of 2018, Esquire summed up the US media’s climate mood board with a feature on traumatized climate scientists, titled, “When the End of Civilization is Your Day Job.” That summer, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration reported another astounding leap in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and its acting head—a Trump appointee—reportedly floated purging the word “climate” from the agency’s mission statement. Climate...

An insider-trading indictment shows ties to Bloomberg News scoops For more than six months, federal prosecutors say, a New York man used inside information to make illegal profits in the stock market—and a core element of his alleged scheme was his interaction with Bloomberg News, which published several stories shortly after the trader arranged to make significant purchases of the companies’ shares. Last month, a federal grand jury indicted Jason Peltz on multiple counts of securities frau...

Noam Chomsky, Bill Gates, Avni Doshi among speakers as Jaipur Lit Fest goes virtual The coronavirus pandemic, racism and nationalism and, of course, books will be talked about at the 14th edition of the popular literature festival that will be held from February 19-28. February 13, 2021 / 08:43 AM IST (From Left) Jaipur Literature Festival producer Sanjoy K Roy with co-directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple. (File image) Instead of footfalls on the hallowed ground of the Diggi Pal...

Bloomberg News announced dozens of layoffs in its newsroom on Thursday.

Bloomberg News is laying off nearly 100 journalists as it restructures its newsroom. Bloomberg L.P., the parent of Bloomberg News, makes the majority of its money from expensive subscriptions to its terminal business.Credit...Marcus Yam for The New York Times Feb. 11, 2021 Bloomberg News, the giant financial news company founded by the billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, will lay off dozens of employees as it restructures its newsroom. Bloomberg’s editor in chief, John Micklethwait, announced t...

Pfizer to Deliver U.S. Vaccine Doses Faster Than Expected Bloomberg 1/26/2021 Riley Griffin © Bloomberg A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine for shelter residents at The Welcome Hall Mission in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Montreal is one of the first cities in North America to launch a large-scale program to vaccinate the homeless, The Montreal Gazette reports. (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc. will be able to supply the U.S. wit...