Category: International

Business International

Global Markets Rise on Rumor

Charlotte Whitmore

Global Markets Rise on Rumor That Humans May Briefly Behave Rationally Unverified Report of Coordinated De-Escalation Sends Indices Up 2.3% Before Someone Reads the Follow-Up Global equity markets rose sharply on Wednesday morning following an unverified report that parties to the current Middle East standoff had agreed to a preliminary framework for talks — a development that, if true, would represent a significant de-escalation and, if false, represents a significant…

International

Mexico Tourism

Alan Nafzger

Mexico’s Beaches Are Still Beautiful. Leaving Mexico Is the Problem. Mexico: Open for Business, Closed for Safety Five Observations Before We Begin The British invented the package holiday specifically so someone else would deal with the paperwork when things go wrong. No nation on earth has more experience standing in a queue during a crisis. The British Tourist remains calm. Occasionally tutting. The Foreign Office travel warning is the only…

America International

Fancy a Holiday in the Middle East?

Aishwarya Rao

Fancy a Holiday in the Middle East? Experts Suggest Travel Insurance, a Flask of Tea, and Possibly a Helmet Before you iron your chinos and locate your passport from behind the radiator, aviation authorities would like to gently remind you that the sky is currently undergoing what engineers might call unscheduled restructuring. On 28 February 2026, coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran prompted retaliatory missile launches and the closure of airspace over at least eight…