<p>As the Icelandic eruption closed airspace over Europe, German soldiers wounded in Afghanistan couldn’t get home, Europe-bound tulips risk wilting in Kenyan airports, and express mail lumbers overland instead of by air.<br /><br />Barack Obama is wondering whether he can make it to Poland for a presidential funeral and royals can’t get to the birthday bash of Danish queen.<br /><br />It’s as if an international conveyer belt has abruptly ground to a halt, all because of a cloud of dust high up in the sky — hurting businesses, governments and ordinary travellers in a world increasingly dependent on the freedom to move around far and fast.<br /><br />iPad governance<br /><br />Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg purchased an iPad while in New York earlier this week and found it a useful tool for remotely governing his nation while stranded in the US.<br />German Chancellor Angela Merkel was managing Europe’s biggest economy by remote control on Friday from Portugal, after her plane home from the US was diverted to Lisbon. <br />The government said the plane won’t be able to continue its journey soon.</p>
<p>As the Icelandic eruption closed airspace over Europe, German soldiers wounded in Afghanistan couldn’t get home, Europe-bound tulips risk wilting in Kenyan airports, and express mail lumbers overland instead of by air.<br /><br />Barack Obama is wondering whether he can make it to Poland for a presidential funeral and royals can’t get to the birthday bash of Danish queen.<br /><br />It’s as if an international conveyer belt has abruptly ground to a halt, all because of a cloud of dust high up in the sky — hurting businesses, governments and ordinary travellers in a world increasingly dependent on the freedom to move around far and fast.<br /><br />iPad governance<br /><br />Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg purchased an iPad while in New York earlier this week and found it a useful tool for remotely governing his nation while stranded in the US.<br />German Chancellor Angela Merkel was managing Europe’s biggest economy by remote control on Friday from Portugal, after her plane home from the US was diverted to Lisbon. <br />The government said the plane won’t be able to continue its journey soon.</p>