Right-wing Britons are turning to e-petitions
There is something pleasingly anachronistic about Parliament’s e-petitions platform. Petitions have been presented to Parliam...
Shein attempts to mend its public image before its London debut
Haute couture and fast fashion are worlds apart. One showcases garments hand-stitched by the industry’s most skilled artisans...
Rwanda tightens its grip over eastern Congo
Rulers of the Democratic Republic of Congo have rarely, if ever, fully controlled the east of Africa’s second-largest country...
Should all knives with pointed ends be banned?
RONAN KANDA had just visited a friend after school to buy a PlayStation controller. As he left the house, headphones on, the ...
In Texas, vaccine-choice activists are ascendant
In the oil towns of west Texas a measles outbreak is spreading. At least 58 people have been infected and 13 are in hospital,...
India’s other, little-known infrastructure revolution
THE NEW road runs 1.85km (1.14 miles) to Khaira, a village of around 1,000 people in central India that seems straight out of...
Singapore’s leader of the opposition is convicted of lying
On February 17th Pritam Singh, the leader of Singapore’s opposition, was convicted of “wilfully” lying twice to a privileges ...
The US-Russia dogfight to sell India fighter jets
As one of Asia’s biggest air and defence shows, Aero India always generates a buzz in the arms trade, not to mention the skie...
Why are pop singers popping up in films?
YOU COULD tune out for a few seconds and miss it. There is a brief moment in “Popular”, one of the song-and-dance numbers in ...
Sudan’s national army is on the brink of retaking the capital
It was the first time the militia commander had been seen in public for months. “Please don’t listen to any rumour-mongers,” ...