The Bar Council of India has quietly removed some of the restrictions that have for decades kept most foreign lawyers from plying their trade on Indian soil econ.st/3JGAATW

Two exacerbating factors have turned trouble into tragedy. The first is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which before the conflict accounted for 90% of Somalia’s wheat imports. The second challenge is violence along transport routes econ.st/3z7hy4f

Today on “The Intelligence”: unplanned protests grip Israel, why pregnant Russians are flocking to Argentina, and getting to know our new co-host econ.st/3LWBJcY

The former defence official argues that dedicated planning and determined execution is required for America to end the cycle of instability that it started with the invasion of Iraq econ.st/3LL0vN1

The words you use at the end of them may seem boring. But they can reveal much about you econ.st/3JFzwje

On this week’s “Money Talks” podcast, @alice_fulwood, @TomLeeDevlin and @Birdyword chart the spread of the banking crisis and examine its fallout econ.st/3LNitOH

Few things are as rowdy and reckless as college spring break. Each year swarms of students make a pilgrimage to America’s southern beach towns for a booze-­fuelled week­-long party econ.st/42rMMAu

Manhattan prosecutors are weighing whether to arrest the former president for covering up hush­-money payments in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign to Stephanie Clif­ford (better known by her performing name, Stormy Daniels) econ.st/3FHLqb6

The state’s district lines are consistently ranked as the most gerrymandered in the country. Democrats hope the election on April 4th will help break the stranglehold Republicans have held on its politics econ.st/3nd48ks

A tumultuous decade has weakened Britain’s civil service. Can it be fixed? econ.st/3nhqMIC

It’s also a sign of a deeper rotsomeness in British publishing. James Bond has even been edited to make him less vile—the literary equivalent of trying to make water less wet econ.st/3TIazYQ

By slashing interest rates, even in the face of galloping prices, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had hoped to turbocharge his country’s economy. Things have not exactly gone according to plan econ.st/3JNnJQ3

Pension reforms, a pay offer and a long-awaited workforce plan are positive. But big questions remain econ.st/42Bu61c

One reason for the return to relative normality is that violence has largely abated. Yet the trauma of the past two decades cannot easily be wiped away econ.st/3LH9uyI

The Credit Suisse scenario seems unlikely for Deutsche Bank. But there are other threats econ.st/3TJxFhX

♦️ Huge protests erupt in Israel after Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, sacks the defence minister. ♦️ First Citizens, an American bank, agrees to buy Silicon Valley Bank. ♦️ Scotland’s ruling party will get a new leader. Follow today’s news ⬇️

It may be a while before long-acting PREP drugs are widely available in Africa. But they are coming. And with them, eventually, the hope of ending the HIV epidemic on the continent econ.st/3TC9IJc

To understand Britain’s relationship with its railways you can analyse learned reports and lengthy histories. But it’s better to read “Thomas the Tank Engine” econ.st/3JN3sdk

Empowering women in both bedroom and boardroom was her aim. Three-­quarters of her customers were women and 70%, she reckoned, were upper-­middle-­class professionals who found it daring, in a good way, to enter her shops econ.st/3JAdXAo

Boyko Borisov’s tenure as prime minister ended in May 2021 amid massive demonstrations over allegations of corruption. Now the political landscape is shorn of big parties econ.st/3LU8DLe

ChatGPT is transforming the world of language models with its latest upgrade, GPT-4, but does it live up to the hype? @alokjha hears a sceptical view about the latest advancements in AI on “Babbage” econ.st/4066LTM

Xi Jinping’s true intentions are hidden in plain sight. While professing neutrality, he has refused to condemn Russia’s invasion or its soldiers’ atrocities econ.st/3ZjOCk1

Financial policymakers around the world will be hoping the merged institution succeeds econ.st/3lCT13U

Seven books, and two films, for people curious about financial catastrophe econ.st/3Zi00Nv

Yet the Uyghurs continue to be persecuted econ.st/42DZVGF

Any French president who asks his fellow citizens to retire later does so at his peril. Yet Emmanuel Macron’s narrow escape has come at a high political cost econ.st/3Z9bnYa

The aim of the internship scheme is to find the journalists of the future. Interested? Apply by March 31st econ.st/3z6MmCm

More countries appear willing to call out its treatment of the Uyghurs econ.st/3TIU1Aj

A bold “Guys & Dolls” holds lessons for the future of theatre econ.st/3FNxVqy

As video games grow, they are eating the media econ.st/3LKN53l