Peruvians long for a Bukele-like strongman to beat crime
On March 16th members of a legendary Peruvian cumbia band, Armonía 10, were heading from one packed concert venue to the next...
Talks over the Chagos Islands show the rising clout of Mauritius
In a tatty office in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, Olivier Bancoult points to the tricolour flag on the wall. It is t...
One of the world’s biggest mega-malls is worryingly empty
On a recent Thursday afternoon, the Haikou International Duty Free City, a sprawling mega-mall on China’s southern island pro...
The Panama ports deal is delayed, as China signals dissent
It was never going to be a simple transaction. But the deal hailed by Donald Trump as a way to regain American control of the...
The assisted-dying bill isn’t dead. It is in limbo
Is the assisted-dying bill dead? Scouring the British headlines over the past week, you could be forgiven for thinking as muc...
The Liberal Party’s polling surge is Canada’s largest ever
BY any STANDARD, the polling surge that Canada’s Liberals are enjoying is extraordinary. Among 31 rich parliamentary or semi-...
Training young workers in Britain, and more
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What happens when Britain frees thousands of prisoners at once?
Few things are more certain to generate bad headlines than releasing thousands of prisoners early—as Britain’s government did...
Why memoirs involving animals are so successful
Raising Hare. By Chloe Dalton. Pantheon; 304 pages; $27. Canongate; £18.99 A new memoir by Chloe Dalton, a high-flying Britis...
China and America are racing to develop the best AI. But who is ahead in using it?
WHO IS BETTER at the technology of the future: America or China? Speculation is at fever pitch. The world’s most famous artif...