Notations On Our World (Weekly Edition): On The Week That Was in Our World

 

As a new week is before us, we present an "Outsider Wall" On the week that was in our World as Richard Branson went to space, as CPAC went on in Texas as the Governor of Texas planned to put through a Voter Restriction Law, as the Delta Variant continued to wreck havoc cour tesy The Economist, Kaltoons & the Financial Times: 

Elections The real risk to America’s democracy Partisan election administration is a greater worry than voter suppression

Related   → Read more: State-level Republicans are “reforming” how elections are administered

Mercury rising The danger posed by heatwaves deserves to be taken more seriously They will become more frequent and deadly in the years to come. What can be done?

Almost tangible A global corporate-tax deal takes shape To get 130 jurisdictions to agree is remarkable. But plenty remains to be done

The defining issue of the day Is Facebook a monopolist? A judge rules there is no simple answer

Carry that weight China’s next aircraft-carrier will be its biggest The Chinese navy is fast learning how to use them

Lexington There goes the neighbourhood What gets lost when national politics eats everything