Sharp price spikes are forcing the country’s young to move back in with family and worry about finances just as many were hoping to move past the pandemic.
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Balancing Extremes
The Federal Reserve is trying to tame inflation without wrecking the economy.
Few South Koreans Are Having Babies. A Mayor’s Answer? More Nannies.
The mayor of Seoul wants to ease the high cost and low supply of babysitters in the country to encourage more couples to have children.
Some Women Fear Giorgia Meloni’s Far-Right Agenda Will Set Italy Back
Some fear that the hard-right politician, whose party is expected to be the big winner in the election on Sunday, will continue policies that have kept women back.
The Fall Dining Scene
Diners are returning from their summer vacations and heading back into restaurants.
Office Drama
Labor Day has become a flash point for big companies who want workers to return to the office.
Can an Iconic Italian Wool Survive a Changing Economy?
Casentino cloth has been finished for centuries by workers in a remote Tuscan valley. Today they are threatened by eviction.
In Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Is Held Hostage
Five months after Russian forces took over the Zaporizhzhia plant, all that stands between the world and nuclear disaster are dedicated Ukrainian operators working at gunpoint.
Britons Brace for More Hardship as Prices Soar Amid Inflation
Cutting back on meat. Choosing cheaper supermarket brands. Stockpiling soap. Soaring prices force more sacrifices.
To Escape the War, Ukraine’s Factories Are Moving West
The government is working to save hundreds of businesses from Russian bombs, remaking western Ukraine into the country’s new economic heartland.