Mexican chefs were sold the Australian dream by Merivale. It was all ‘smoke screens and make-believe’
Khamenei’s Speech to Iran Karl Sanchez
Scientists find Earth’s mantle beating like a heart, slowly tearing Africa apart
Researchers found that the mantle beneath the Afar region “pulses like a heartbeat,” driving tectonic rifting.
China uses dissidents-turned-spies to infiltrate overseas activist groups, as authorities flounder
Last week in Canada, world leaders jointly condemned transnational repression as a threat to sovereignty. But at home, many are unprepared to deal with China’s far-reaching intimidation of its dissident diaspora, ICIJ’s China Targets investigation has found.
0Noah Kalina on the observer’s paradox: “I’ve come to the unfortunate realization that I can’t experience anything anymore without thinking about how I’ll document it.”
Miracles happen
LAs Nils Pratley (not my favourite financial commentator) says in The Guardian this morning:
It's a miracle. Babcock International, the defence contractor with a specialism in kitting out the UK's nuclear submarines, has emerged from the depths. After about half a decade in which the story was mostly about cost overruns, acquisition indigestion, accounting woes, pension deficits and too much debt, Babcock is suddenly back in the FTSE 100 index and is a hot stock. The share price has more than doubled this year.
