When you can’t shift a ship that’s stuck fast into the wall of a canal that’s vital to world trade,there’s only one thing to do:call the salvage guys.
The grounding of a mega-container ship on one of the world’s busiest trade routes will hurt global supply chains already battered by the pandemic and rising US-China tensions.
It’s time that we stop looking for intelligent life on Mars and start manifesting it here on planet earth.
The world is experiencing a significant turning point in what for decades has been the increasingly China-centric globalisation of manufacturing.
The election pits Trump's"America First"isolationism and protectionism versus Biden's globalism and multilateralism. But some of the scars of this bizarre period in its history and the divisions and mistrust that has been sown at home and abroad will remain.
Permanent residents and citizens with poor English will be given unlimited language classes and aspiring Australians will face a tougher values test.
Strategists at the world's largest asset manager BlackRock have warned that decades of globalisation will erode due to the coronavirus pandemic,leaving investors facing new risks as they emerge from lockdowns.
Humanity's once-in-a-lifetime chance to save the planet.
All the talk about a return to normal after the pandemic – the debates about ‘’V-shaped,’’ or “U-shaped” or ‘’W-shaped’’ recoveries – understates the probability that,whatever normal looks like after the pandemic,it won’t be what it was before.
WA politicians and billionaires are warning our economy is at stake if China's anger over a coronavirus inquiry is not appeased by Canberra. But are WA jobs really under threat from this latest stoush with our biggest trading partner?
The current situation is a disaster of our own making,even if we don't want to admit it.