Smart Reads May 5, 2014
If Narendra Modi becomes India’s next prime minister he may not be a tyrant (as his critics claim) but nor might he be an economic colossus (as his supporters believe), says the FT’s Victor Mallet. In...
View ArticleTrial and ebola: the drug and vaccine pipeline
Now the outbreak, which has killed 1,550 people according to Worth Health Organisation figures and far more according to unofficial estimates, has galvanized researchers into action. The “pipeline” of...
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International alarm grows as Ebola virus spreads
The news that a patient with the Ebola virus is receiving treatment in an American hospital is making headlines in the US. But, even before the Dallas case was revealed, there was growing alarm in...
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Rwanda unveils Ebola screening – for Americans
Woe betide any nation that offends Rwanda’s dignity. The tiny, tech-savvy east African country abhors what it views as the west’s control of aid for political gain, the double standards it sees...
View ArticleSmart Reads 20 November 2014
President Obama’s long-awaited plans to overhaul the US immigration system will set up a showdown with Republicans that could lead to another government shutdown Cracks are beginning to appear in the...
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