Good morning. This has been a strange week, news-wise. Much like the rains in Delhi there seems to be a lot brewing beyond the horizon, and some storms impending, but very little to show for it at the ...

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From Stefan Auer, Professor in European Studies, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ...

If so, the scammers who threatened their targets with execution by firing squad for late payment of taxes (according to a warning by Macau’s Polícia Judiciária) must regard the residents of Macau as ...

From Alastair Chisholm, Policy Director, The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, London EC1, UK ...

The pink ’un knows better than to perpetuate the myth that Sweden is red (“Sweden: the socialist paradise overflowing with billionaires”, Opinion, May 19). This notion is at least 35 years out of date ...

The social cohesion that Rupert Boswall ( Letters, May 21) perceives to be threatened by moves to reset the UK’s relationship with the EU suffered a far greater impact in the 2016 referendum itself — ...

A deluge of articles about the looming trouble in private equity, including Brooke Masters’ op-ed “Should ordinary pension accounts be investing in private assets?” (May 28), suggests retail investors ...

From Professor Geeta Nargund, Senior NHS Consultant and Medical Director of CREATE Fertility and abc IVF, London EC2, UK ...

Judicial rulings have challenged the president’s trade policies, and some think he should respond by softening his plans ...

Also in today’s newsletter, China vows to open markets to Pacific Island nations, and former Goldman banker sentenced for ...