The attack on Saudi oil facilities raises the risks of war
America and Saudi Arabia may feel compelled to retaliate against IranSep 16th 2019PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP says America’s forces…
A sad, tawdry end for Robert Mugabe
A tyrant goes out with a whimperSep 15th 2019HARAREROBERT MUGABE inspired many feelings among Zimbabweans. First there was devotion,…
Even provincial towns in South Korea are becoming more cosmopolitan
Sep 26th 2019GIMHAEPROVINCIAL TOWNS in South Korea, like their counterparts in other countries, are not known for a great variety…
Burning forests are blackening the skies of South-East Asia
Sep 21st 2019SINGAPORETHE AMAZON is not the world’s only smouldering rainforest, alas: fires are also raging in the jungles…
Are dictatorships better than democracies at fighting climate change?
Sep 21st 2019IT IS NOT just that Asia accounts for the greatest proportion of the world’s carbon emissions, with China the biggest…
Climate change is forcing Asian cities to rethink their flood defences
Sep 21st 2019JAKARTA AND SINGAPOREIN NORTH JAKARTA, not far from a quayside where workers unload frozen mackerel, a derelict building…
South Sudan’s war has cooled
Sep 21st 2019IN JULY 2016 Riek Machar, a rebel leader who was then first vice-president of the world’s newest country, fled…
Climate change is making it harder to reduce poverty in Malawi
Sep 19th 2019KAMWENDOLIKE MOST Malawians, Wema Kaloti lives off the land. She grows maize on her family plot in Kamwendo, a village…
Israel’s prime minister will desperately struggle to stay in office
Sep 19th 2019JERUSALEMBINYAMIN NETANYAHU spent the last two hours of voting in Israel’s general election on September 17th speaking…