Anti-Asian discrimination, Saudi Arabia after oil and other top stories of the week

No Asians wanted? Bias based on names.

India to sell only electric cars by 2030. Tackling pollution is just one of the motives.

Middle Eastern start-ups and fighting e-Extremism. Highlights from the meeting in Jordan.

A post-oil Saudi Arabia. Plans for an economic transformation.

Hate networking at work? You may be a purist, not a player.

Blockchain for ports and harbours. Technology to transform global trade.

The USB flash drive & PC processor started here. Why Israel is a tech titan.

Bots all around you. Disinformation campaigns and the marketplace of ideas.

But fake news has a cure: inoculation based on cognitive psychology.

The revolutionary benefits of politeness. America’s founders treasured it.

Why some cities are more productive than others, and how to close the gap.

Does immigration lower wages? The war over a a classic economic study.

UK urged to prepare for workforce of 80-year-olds. Forum pensions study predicts gap in pension savings quadrupling to £25tn. (Financial Times)

EU foreign policy chief warns US against cutting UN funding. Coverage from the World Economic Forum in Jordan. (Washington Post)

Your taxes pay fossil fuel companies to pollute. The Forum’s Renewal Infrastructure Investment Handbook shows that solar is cheaper. (Quartz)

Can the Belt and Road initiative make Malaysia prosper? Quotes Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab. (Star)

The Middle East needs to support youth and reform education. More coverage from Jordan. (Xinhua)