There were 10 Edinburgh players in the starting line-up when Scotland beat Argentina, with centre Ben Cairns impressive, so it's a pity injury will see him sidelined for the first month of the campaign.

BBC: Scots can build on good work

So it was a pity that Lawrence Summers, America's deputy treasury secretary, felt obliged to complain last week that Japan was doing too little to boost its domestic demand and its imports from America.

ECONOMIST: Not this again, please

The Conservative Peter Bone and allies want seven hours set aside to debate the amendments on the press, and it's quite possible the debate may extend into the small hours - so pity Labour MP Lilian Greenwood, who has an adjournment debate on benefit changes in Nottingham at the end of business.

BBC: Week ahead

So it seems a pity that a review of the court's workings, due to open in Uganda on May 31st, will in all probability get bogged down in a destructive argument (see article).

ECONOMIST: The International Criminal Court and aggression