Max Lawson

More women are in positions of power than 50 years ago, but under a fairer system we would have made much more progress on gender equality.

Covid-19 infections in most countries have been hugely underestimated — not least because rich countries bought almost all the tests.

The new Netflix drama is set in the early 1800s, but the hyper-unequal patrimonial society it portrays is not far from current realities.

While the world's richest have seen a dip in their stock holdings, those on the bottom of the wealth scale will bear the heaviest burden of the crisis.