Burkina Faso nationalises two gold mines mired in legal dispute Date Tuesday, August 27, 2024 - 7:28 AM Description Endeavour Mining had agreed to sell sites to rival last year for $300mn
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger quit regional bloc in escalation of tension Image Date Sunday, January 28, 2024 - 9:36 AM Description West African states accuse Ecowas of being a threat to its members and under the influence of foreign powers
Burma Sahib — Paul Theroux imagines Orwell’s empire days Image Date Friday, February 23, 2024 - 5:00 AM Description Contemporary concerns are inescapable in a novel that witnesses the evils of imperialism through the eyes of a young Eric Blair
Burn Book — a love-hate report from the tech front line Image Date Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Journalist Kara Swisher’s breezy, score-settling memoir canters through a career covering Silicon Valley and its moguls
Burnout: pastoral flair reduces mass stress at Christmas Date Sunday, December 17, 2023 - 12:00 AM Description Commonsense managerial concern for overburdened staff is the best remedy
Burst pipes and freezing flats plague Putin’s Russia Date Saturday, February 03, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Failing Soviet utilities are in dire need of investment but the Kremlin is focused on defence spending
Bus fare cap in England rises to £3 Date Monday, October 28, 2024 - 8:01 AM Description Keir Starmer announces 50% increase from next year
Business and buy-to-let owners act on CGT fears Date Friday, June 28, 2024 - 10:55 AM Description Surge of transactions ahead of the UK general election
Business and markets reflect Trump agenda Date Friday, July 19, 2024 - 11:15 AM Description Also in this newsletter: the largest IT outage in history, transatlantic travel boom, science round-up
Business and social etiquette in Madrid: an expert guide Date Sunday, September 08, 2024 - 10:02 PM Description The implicit codes of life in the Spanish capital, from ‘dos besos’ to dining and safe (and unsafe) topics of discussion