Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3m people a year
Jan 22nd 2022RUMINA HASAN peers at a sample of bacteria taken from a three-day-old baby suffering from fever and fits. What she…
Both main candidates for the South Korean presidency are reviled
Jan 20th 2022ALL OF SOUTH KOREA’S past presidents have been tainted by corruption investigations. Both of the surviving ones…
Virat Kohli, India’s cricket captain, was more than a sporting hero
FEW POSITIONS in India confer as much prestige as captain of the country’s Test cricket team—or as much weight. Carrying the…
The damage from Tonga’s volcanic eruption is still unclear
WORD CAME at last. Three days after Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Kingdom of Tonga erupted on January 15th, the prime…
Sunnis and Shias in Bahrain remain as far apart as ever
THE DEATH in 2020 of Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the world’s longest-serving prime minister, prompted mourning in Bahrain,…
Middle Eastern legal dramas play out in far-off courts
IT WAS JUSTICE on a microscopic scale. On January 13th Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian intelligence officer, was sentenced to life…
Novak Djokovic’s deportation from Australia sets a troubling precedent
IT DREW A bigger crowd than can sit in the centre court at the Australian Open. On January 16th more than 80,000 people tuned…
Asia’s holiday spots are missing Chinese visitors
Jan 22nd 2022GIANT RED lanterns and long streamers adorn the foyers of Phuket’s resort hotels: the upcoming Chinese (lunar)…
Nigeria’s conservative north is overflowing with aphrodisiacs
BESIDE THE food-sellers at a street market in Abuja, a man in a flowing white kaftan holds a brown leather bag in one hand. In…
South Africa, the world’s coal junkie, tries to quit
Jan 22nd 2022JOHANNESBURGTRAVEL EAST from Johannesburg—South Africa’s economic capital—and dusty industrial towns line the…