>"Worsening Sino-US ties, strict Covid rules and the crackdown on dissent have dented the territory’s fabled allure as a business hub, say expats"

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>"Bank forecasts slowdown in growth as world copes with Covid, inflation and higher interest rates"

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"Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis with fears it could go bankrupt in 2022 as inflation rises to record levels, food prices rocket and its coffers run dry."

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>"The economic recovery from the coronavirus has always been uneven, with different parts of the world bouncing back at different speeds."

>"Fears variant will amplify shortages, driving up inflation, or even force repeat of earliest phase of pandemic"

Debates on global risk society seem to have accelerated in recent years with the outbreak of covid 19.

>"The historic deal is designed to make big corporations pay a fairer share of tax around the world."

It was all going so well

>"From container ship queues in the US to power cuts in China, the post-Covid pickup in activity is taking a toll"

"The leaders of the world's richest countries have pledged more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer nations."

>"Growth of crypto-assets threatens financial stability and could increase risks faced by banks, they warn"

>"G7 countries will lose $5tn a year by 2050 if temperatures rise by 2.6C"