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The amazing story of how the human march of Syrian refugees on highways from Keleti station Budapest to the Austrian border got started, told by WSJ reporters Thomas, Bradley and Geiger in an exceptional way.

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US poverty rate increased in 2022 after two years of declines with the end of government aid. It increased by 2.3% and the median income declined to $74,580 adjusted for inflation.

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Efforts by Venezuelan members of parliament to open up aid supplies at the Colombian border as Venezuela's humanitarian crisis grows with 3 million refugees and hyperinflation of 1 million percent.

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Centuries by Risabh Pant and Ollie Pope are highlights of the second day First Test England vs India. Bumrah gets 3 wickets and the Indian side loses 7 wickets for about 100 runs.

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Experts say there are only a couple of hundred high-integrity welders in Britain. Many manufacuring jobs go unfilled because of lack of skilled workers. Britain is trying to close this gap and reduce unemployment for young people by increasing apprenticeships in industry and worker training. The UK government allocated 1.57 billion pounds on worker training programs in 2013. Britain had 868,000 people in apprenticeship programs in 2013. EEF, a British trade group, says 80% of manufacturers have difficulty finding skilled workers with technical skills. Britain has done very poorly in the area of worker skills training according to the OECD. About 2.74 million new manufacturing jobs are expected to be created in Britain by 2020, of this 1.86 million will require engineering skills, according to EEF. A lot more needs to be done, as companies need to double the number of apprenticeships to meet expected needs.

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This WSJ editorial is pessimistic about the prospects for Abenomics without the actions needed for structural economic reform. Japan is in a recession after two successive quarters of declining growth by the end of 2015. It gives credit to prime minister Abe for encouraging companies to add more independent directors to the boards and pushing for improving corporate governance, but finds other actions lacking. The low unemployment rate is seen as concealing the problem of two tier labor market with most of the recent job growth coming from temporary workers, and the total number of worked hours actually declining. The 30% decline in the yen has not boosted the economy as much as expected because it also means decline in consumer spending power, and Japanese companies continue to move jobs overseas. It cites a Nikkei poll showing only 25% of the Japanese public now see Abenomics as improving the condition of the economy. The declining growth in China is also playing a part in slowing growth in Japan, adding more headwinds for Abenomics in 2016....

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Exxon, BP, Eni, Shell, are actively working in Iraq to increase oil production, along with Lukoil, Gazprom, China National Petroleum, China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Foreign companies are attracted to Iraq because of the potential for growing oil production. Iraq produces 3 million barrels a day in 2012. An additional 400,000 barrels a day is planned for 2013. Shell's Iraq country chairman, Hans Nijkamp,says Iraq could eventally produce 6 to 10 million barrels a day by the early part of the next decade. Iraqi government officials have set a target of 10 million barrels a day by 2017, which is overly ambitious because of the many problems that need to be tackled, including building port and pipeline infrastructure, huge water projects to pump saline water into old oil fields, and passing a national oil law. Passing a national oil law means negotiating a deal acceptable to the Kurdish and other regions about sharing oil profits.

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Redmayne is the Australian goalie brought in as a sub for a penalty shootout by the coach against Peru. The result 5-4 in favor of Australia. Here he is shown as being a really unconventional choice, no one had even heard of him, to bring a bit of distraction for the Peruvian soccer players.

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A rice importer from Britain talks about the difficulties in importing rice. Contracts that lasted 12 months are now for 2 months and prices are up by about 15% for rice imports. Vietnamese rice is replacing Italian long grain varieties, yet there is only a limited supply of Vietnamese rice to meet world needs.

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S. Jaishankar, Indian Foreign Minister speaks at the University of Delhi on his chapter in the new book Modi@20 Dreams meet Delivery. He also discusses the war in Ukraine, the Indian view on people and shortages created by the war of energy and food, and India's approach to Pakistan and China.

 

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In this video from Sky Sports News Carlos Ancelotti passionately calls out the racism in La Liga evident in a recent game in Valencia. He says he does not see it in the Premier League. He also says responding in the right way can make things better, not by remaining silent or making excuses. 

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The US debt ceiling agreement gets out of the committee stage in the House with a vote of 7 to 6 and now goes for a vote to to the House floor. Republican and Democratic moderates are likely to have it passed by combining their votes in the US Congress  for passage.

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To better reflect a diverse electorate in the presidential nominating process in the state primary elections president Biden is proposing including states with more union voters and diversity. South Carolina comes first with more union and diverse voters, then Iowa and New Hampshire with more rural voters, then Michigan with more union voters, followed by Georgia.

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Oil prices of over $100 per barrel give Saudi national oil company Aramco profits of $161 billion in 2022. One change is the amount of oil going to Europe which almost doubled from 5.1% to 9.1% of European oil imports by the third quarter of 2022, after the EU ban on oil imports from Russia.

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The 4% rule for retirement spending was devised by financial planner Bill Bengen in 1994. It forms the basis for retirement spending for many years with variation between 3 and 4% for income to last about 30 years from a portfolio of savings. WSJ looks at the 4% rule at a time of high inflation.

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Starting in May 2023 one could catch a Eurostar sleeper train from London's Kings Cross St Pancras to Berlin with a change in Brussels for 109 euros. This gets you into Berlin for breakfast after a nights sleep on the sleeper train. The service will extend to Dresden and Prague by Dec 2023.

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The coach of Freiburg and Bayern Jens Scheuer for women's soccer will now take on English team Brighton and Howe in a special assignment. Here he talks about his plans and his daily routine from seven to seven followed by a shower and a look at the day's matches. 

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Age discrimination is a problem in France more than in Germany or other countries in Europe. A person over 55 is half as likely as younger people to be hired by companies. This makes raising the pension age from 62 to 64 much harder for the government. In the US people are working for much longer.

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Trupti Shete of Aurangabad is one of 21 women pilots of 91 who will operate the new Metro 2A and 7 in Mumbai inaugurated by prime minister Modi. She did her bachelors in electrical engineering. For 3 years she struggled to get a job. Building much needed infrastructure means new opportunities for young people in India.

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Jonathan Kanter is one of the leaders of a movement that sees big tech companies as monopolists in the tradition of the 19th century railroad and oil companies that gave the original inspiration for the anitrust laws of the United States. Laws that created a better America by building competition in the marketplace and ensuring fairness.

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Most of the issues important to Republicans such as immigration, crime, cultural issues, and national security are well articulated by Mr. Ron de Santis of Florida, without the distraction presented of a sordid affair at a time of cost of living crisis for average Americans, says this report in NYT.

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India is providing additional financing to Serum Institute of India and vaccine manufacturers to increase vaccine supplies. It is also importing Sputnik vaccine from Russia and approving production within India of Sputnik vaccine. These steps are being taken to accelerate vaccinations. By early May vaccination will be open to anyone over 18 years.

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US president Joe Biden says he will allocate $80 billion additional funding to the IRS in the US so that it can get $700 billion owed by the wealthiest in the US. This is part of his "American Families Plan,' increased funding of health, education, improving upward mobility, and opportunity for the American people.

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Face masks work and cut down infection by 85% say studies, but it is important to make sure that it stays on and leaves no opening for air from outside to get in. This means not taking calls in areas where infection can occur and not touching the mouth, eyes or nose with the hands. 

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The concept of Old Town Roofs including World Heritage Old Town is changing quickly in Europe. Here SWI swissinfo.ch shows how the Regensburg City Council is now putting solar on old town roofs by giving permission on world heritage sites. This is part of the Climate Change Action we now see all over Europe.