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The FTSE 100 has dropped 1pc, after new data out of China showed the world's second-largest economy stuttered in the face of resurgent Covid cases, global shortages and severe flooding in July.
The statue of the Princess of Wales was unveiled last week Credit: Getty Images/WPA Pool SIR – It was astonishing, but somehow not unexpected, to see such an unbecoming memorial to Princess Diana unveiled last week (report, July 2). It is positively Stalinist in its dreary greyness, its unsympathetic portrayal of its subject, and its consequent failure to capture a likeness or her ebullient character. Much better would have been an even more extensive memorial planting of the Sunken Garden. Marian Waters SIR – Simon Heffer explores important issues in his lament over the poor quality o...
Et si les machines ne nous remplaçaient pas ? 04/07/2021 - 09:38 Économistes, scientifiques et philosophes sont de plus en plus nombreux à mettre en doute la thèse d’une substitution massive des compétences humaines par des intelligences artificielles. Des points de vue explorés dans cette sixième édition de notre newsletter consacrée aux débats. Également au menu : de l’alcool avec modération, des gens qui vieillissent avec philosophie et une invitation à nager avec délectation. Nos services “J’ai laissé ma veste imperméable d ans la baignoire parce qu’elle ...
30 June 2021 • 12:02am Year 11 students of the BBG Academy in West Yorkshire prepare for their prize giving ceremony and graduation Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images SIR – What threat to society does a child with asymptomatic Covid pose when everyone deemed vulnerable has had two vaccines and most other people have had at least one? We were told that children’s education was a priority. The overzealous enforcement of self-isolation (report, June 29) suggests otherwise. Kevin Wright SIR – On Monday evening we learnt that a pupil in Year One had tested positive for Covid...
Das Thema Inflation ist im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie wieder zurück in den Blick der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Während die Zentralbanker davon überzeugt scheinen, den Preisanstieg unter Kontrolle zu haben