The number of babies born in China last year was the smallest in six decades. It looks like there will be even fewer this year. That forecast, based on statistics for the first half, was…

G’day from Sydney. In this week’s dispatch, why 50,000 Covid-19 cases a day is hurting Indonesia more than the U.K., and how Australia’s wine industry is adapting in the wake of sky-high Chinese tariffs. A surge of…

As tumultuous weather patterns take hits on crops across the world, raisins have become the latest victim of the volatility. Heavy rains hit grape vines in Chile, one of the world’s key producers, back in…

Last week marked a watershed for technology startups in India, as a record bout of fundraising shifted attention to the world’s second-most populous market, just as investors were becoming spooked by a crackdown on internet…

Welcome to today's edition of Navigator, CityLab's biweekly Saturday newsletter. For those of us who were lucky enough to have spent much of the past year and a half working from home, the return to the office…

Angela Merkel starts her exit from German politics. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu/Bloomberg By Chris Reiter and Sam Dodge July 15, 2021 Angela Merkel’s remarkable run as Germany’s first female chancellor made her the undisputed queen of…

What’s happening? London rejects the calculation made by Brussels detailing the Brexit settlement bill, and a transatlantic trade deal remains a long way off. Bickering over the settlement is the biggest part of any divorce.…

The European Union rolled out an ambitious climate plan to transform every corner of its economy on Wednesday, and braced for years of tough negotiations to turn it into reality. Every industry will be forced…