Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war pushed poor families deeper into penury
Reyna was 17 when her boyfriend Gabriel was murdered in front of her. In October 2016 he returned to their home in Bagong Silangan,…
China’s e-sports players are challenging South Korea’s dominance
Some 4,000 fans gathered at the bexco Centre in Busan, a big port city in South Korea, on May 29th. Another 2.2m tuned in online….
Men with guns disrupt a plan to link Congo to east Africa
Barely two months after the fanfare that greeted the Democratic Republic of Congo as the seventh member of the East African Community…
Somalia’s new president vows to beat back jihadists, then talk to them
When hassan sheikh mohamud entered Villa Somalia as president in 2012, his writ ran little farther than the sandbagged gates of…
KAL’s cartoon
This article appeared in the The world this week section of the print edition under the headline “KAL’s cartoon”From the June…
What Working Women Want and How to Retain Them
Working women are a valuable asset to any company. They have proven themselves time and again as being reliable, dedicated, and…
A Beginner’s Guide to TikTok
It’s been over three years since the application for lip-syncing Musical.ly, now called TikTok, was first popularized among…
China’s dilemma over a curious breed of financial firm
China’s local-government financiers have a complex identity. Tasked with developing land and doing public works, they act on…
The return of the inventory cycle
Remember the Great Moderation? This refers to the period before the global financial crisis of 2007-09 during which there was…