ISS TODAY ANALYSIS Africa’s access to international capital markets may open doors to more sustainable funding than bilateral loans 4 min 0 By Kouassi Yeboua
OP-ED China and Russia’s ‘Orwellian’ joining of forces plays havoc with oil and gas prices 4 min 0 By Sharon Wood
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Masking may ease in US schools; South Africa registers 1,752 new cases 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
WINTER OLYMPICS Beijing ‘ready’ for Covid-marred Games bedevilled by boycotts over human rights issues 2 min 0 By Karolos Grohmann
GLOOMY ECONOMY IMF predicts slower global economic growth in 2022, warns of inflation 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
GEOPOLITICS Big tests lie ahead for the US as Russia threatens Ukraine and China flexes muscles over Taiwan 9 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Global supply chain constraints ease, but challenges abound in 2022 4 min 0 By Sharon Wood
GLOBAL VILLAGE The considered art of trying to predict 2022’s trends before they are seen as inevitable 8 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
AMABHUNGANE Beijing’s soft power: China offers 300,000 free vaccine jabs to SANDF troops 6 min 0 By Tebogo Tshwane for amaBhungane
GLOBAL NEWS AND VIEWS With China backing the junta and Aung San Suu Kyi in prison, Myanmar is stuck in newest iteration of military rule 5 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
OP-ED To be a force for good in the world, we must strengthen democracy in South Africa 7 min 26 By Mcebisi Jonas
OMICRON Analysis Travel bans and power plays: A privileged few still call the shots in this pandemic 5 min 2 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
2022 WINTER GAMES BOYCOTT? Peng Shuai: Beijing in for more pain over missing tennis star's fate 8 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
#WhereIsPengShuai Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai still missing after sexual assault claims, WTA demands proof she is safe 4 min 0 By Amy Tennery
GLOBAL VILLAGE A virtual success: Biden and Xi open a new page with a civilised, grown-up summit in cyberspace 6 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
BIDEN-XI SUMMIT A three-dimensional game: US president and Chinese leader (virtually) meet 9 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
VROOM WITH A VIEW Owning an electric vehicle could become easy like sundae morning 4 min 0 By Alexander Parker
International Finance China Property and Energy Crises Deliver Blow to GDP Growth 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
International Finance China’s Factory-Gate Inflation Surges to Highest in 26 Years 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
EAST ASIA TENSION China, the US and Taiwan — when shouting matches threaten to become shooting matches 8 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
