How Health Insurance Works in China, and How It’s Changing
China is undertaking a far-reaching overhaul of its health care system as its cities reel from the financial pressure of three years of strict Covid policies.Read More
China’s Cities Are Cutting Health Insurance, and People Are Angry
Local governments, short on money after three years of “zero Covid” and faced with many more retirees, are raising costs and overhauling benefits.Read More
Turkish Builders Come Under Intense Scrutiny Over Shoddy Construction
More than 43,000 deaths in Turkey from an earthquake have raised painful and angry questions over whether some of those fatalities could have been avoided with better building standards.Read More
Bulgarian Factories and Secret Task Forces: How the West Hunts for Soviet Arms
Ukraine has long relied on Russian weapons for its armed forces. Now it is scrambling to get Soviet-era ammunition for those weapons, with the help of manufacturers even in rural corners of Eastern Europe.Read More
UBS Set to Apply for China Mutual-Fund License
Switzerland’s UBS is preparing to apply for a mutual-fund license in China, becoming the latest Western bank to take advantage of Beijing’s relaxed rules on foreign financial institutions.Read More
Neobanks Use Digital Compatibility to Their Advantage as European Legacy Banking App Downloads Stall
Legacy banks are falling behind in consumer app adoption as new data reveals the neobanks flying ahead. An analysis by app analytics and marketing company App Radar has revealed how well the apps of the European and UK banking community performed in terms of downloads over the course of the last year. The study of […]
Scenes of war: How Russia’s war on Ukraine unfolded
• Live updates: Russia accuses Ukraine of planning ‘armed provocation’ against Transnistria • China is helping to prop up the Russian economy. Here’s howRead More
Police search for motive in Florida shooting spree that killed 3, including a journalist covering one of the shootings
• Analysis: Florida TV station offered viewers raw, emotional coverage of the shooting of its own journalistsRead More
A preliminary report on the wreck is expected today
Nearly three weeks since the toxic train wreck in a small Ohio community, the National Transportation Safety Board is expected to release its preliminary report on the derailment.Read More
Analysis: Ohio’s toxic spill unleashes poisonous, partisan politics
The people of East Palestine, Ohio, just want help, truth and accountability after a freight train wreck smothered their town with a toxic cloud and left them afraid to drink the water.Read More
