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It is hard to export in a war—and there is nowhere to put it

It is difficult to imagine Ho Chi Minh city without its glittering towers of glass and steel looming over the urban sprawl. Home to around 9m people, Vietnam’s commercial capital is its most populous city; yet prior to the 1960s, high-rise buildings were rare in Saigon, as it was known until 1975. The one that went up during that decade at 151 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia in downtown Saigon was pioneering: it offered a solution to the question of where to house the city’s rapidly growing population, inspiring the constr

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After a golden decade, fintech faces its first true test

Dmitry Muratov will sell his 23-karat gold medal to help refugees

Permanently grabbing Russian assets is a seductive idea. It would also be a mistake

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Could confiscating Russian assets help rebuild Ukraine?

It is used to threaten Europe but could be isolated in a war

Ukraine’s largest port is its strongest link to the world economy

A gene bank in Kharkiv has escaped by the skin of its teeth

The rail network matters strategically—and symbolically

War is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger—and fixing that is everyone’s business

War, extreme weather and export controls are driving tens of millions of people into potentially deadly hunger

Profile of the central banker fighting to keep Russia's sanctions-hit economy afloat

Eastern European economies will see the effects of the war for decades

The EU is trying to help

War in Ukraine is heating up a frozen conflict in Moldova’s breakaway region

Russia cuts off gas to two European countries. Who’s next?

But some may eventually benefit

The latest industry to suffer labour shortages: investment banking (with Josh Roberts)

Her latest project brings dancers and visitors together via virtual reality

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