Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The oil-rich states of the Gulf are slowly starting to diversify their economies,

in part using sovereign wealth funds.

These state-owned investment vehicles usually put their country's cash in safe, stable assets.

But in the Gulf, the funds appear to be a bit more adventurous, and a bit less transparent.

And Heart Island in New York City has become the final resting place a bit more adventurous and a bit less transparent.

And Hart Island in New York City has become the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of the city's unclaimed dead.

It's run by the prison service, so visiting is as hard as getting into Rikers Island, the nearby

penitentiary whose inmates bury the forgotten for a dollar an hour.

But first...

Protesters' protesters have stormed and vandalized the legislative building in Hong Kong

in a day of demonstrations that has further shaken the city

Yesterday began with a ceremony attended by the government's chief executive, Carrie Lamb,

to mark the 22nd anniversary of the territory's handover from Britain to China.

But on the streets outside, pro-democracy demonstrators,

most hiding their faces with masks were squaring up to police armed with pepper spray and trunchions.

Thank you. masks were squaring up to police armed with pepper spray and truncheons.

By the early evening, the protesters had smashed their way through the glass doors of the legislative council, or Legco, and into the chamber used by Hong Kong's 70 lawmakers,

including Democrats and pro-Beijing members.

Some sprayed anti-government graffiti on the walls. Others read out their demands, which included

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