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Contrary to a lot of what is written Mr. Bolsonaro has regained popularity in Brazil with a new poll showing him with an approval rating of 37% (Datafolho), and a sharp drop in disapproval ratings. Bolsanaro has pushed for keeping lockdowns to a minimum and reopening the economy. Brazil has a large informal economy making it very difficult for people  in lower income situations dependent on work to survive. The aid of 600 reals a month ($110 a month) for the coronavirus relief is making him popular with aid recipients and the poor. 

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Long taxing schedules for Japan's overworked teachers are shown in this story in FR24. 

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Chinese turn to traditional medicine as Covid rips through China's population, says this report in the FR24.

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European bans on social media for children 2026 UK, Spain, France, Italy, Denmark, for under 15 years and under 16 years. 

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India's economy is at 2.597 trillion dollars at the end of 2017according to World Bank figures, surpassing 2.582 trillion for France. India's economy has doubled in a decade and is expected to pass Germany and Japan in GDP by 2032, to become the third largest after the U.S. and China.

As China's growth has slowed India's is growing. It recovered by July 2017 from one time events designed to actually spur growth such as the effort to implement a nationwide tax for GST. Demonetization also contributes to growth by accelerating the shift away from cash to recorded and taxable transactions. The tax revenue is increasing as less of the economy is in the black market sector. Higher tax revenues enable larger investments in health, education and infrastructure.

New bankruptcy law and speedy resolution of bad debt of banks is also laying the ground for future growth with new investment.

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Air France is increasing the fuel surcharge on medium haul and long haul tickets. For example the fuel surcharge on a long haul flight from Paris to New York will be 91 Euros one way flight. Air France says it will cut the increase of 4 euros by half if oil price is stabilized over time to $100 a barrel and eliminate the increase if the price stabilizes below $95 a barrel. This is another approach to the rise in fuel prices. Airlines have the options of not investing in their business and in quality of service and letting it deteriorate as is happening in the US or one way or another transferring the cost of fuel increases to the customer directly through increasing fuel surcharges and maintaining the quality of their service and investing in their business.

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Krugman comments on the Swiss National Bank's decision to give up the peg of 1.20 to the euro made in 2011, and reduce interest rates to a negative 0.75% on Jan. 14, 2015. He points to the dangers of complacency about the deflationary trend in Europe, Japan and the U.S., and deflationary pressures in China in the first quarter of 2015.

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The owner of the Sips Cafe in midtown Manhattan is one of many investors stuck with large losses on the day the Swiss National Bank removed its cap on the Franc.

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A history of French nuclear energy. How it got started in the area known as Beaumont-Hague. The decision of the French government to pursue nuclear energy and set up new nuclear plants. The efforts to Frenchify the early nuclear technology developed by Westinghouse in the U.S. Today nuclear plants produce 78% of its electricity. Setting up the industry has cost about $120 billion and France has accepted the risks of spradic radiation leaks. Electricity accounts for 20% of French energy consumption, oil takes up 49%, leaving France still dependent on foreign oil.