Britain’s plan to shake up school inspections pleases no one
WHEN IT TOOK office Labour promised to “reset” relations with England’s unhappy teachers. Last autumn it earned a huge cheer ...
China is infiltrating Taiwan’s armed forces
In 2021 a retired Taiwanese general named Kao An-kuo made a video of himself dressed in camouflage, calling on Taiwan’s armed...
Cuts in American aid are crippling groups promoting rights in China
China Labour Watch (clw), an ngo based in New York City, has investigated labour abuses in Chinese supply chains for 20 years...
Donald Trump loves big oil. Does big oil love him back?
DONALD TRUMP likes oil—and oilmen. He gushes about “liquid gold” with as much ferocity as Spindletop, an oil well that spat o...
Fans are going crazy for Thai television shows and music
RECENTLY Siam Paragon, a ritzy shopping mall in Bangkok, transformed into an impromptu concert hall. Beneath palm trees wrapp...
Have doctors been wrong about how to treat Alzheimer’s disease?
Doctored. By Charles Piller. Atria; 352 pages; $28.99. Icon Books; £20 Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 30m people world...
How TikTok became a religious pulpit
THEY SAID it was divine intervention. TikTok was resurrected on January 19th, just hours after the short-video app shut down ...
India’s attempt to save the tiger has been a remarkable success
In India images of tigers are everywhere. The apex predator is seen accompanying Hindu gods and its face adorns political ban...
It’s not over:Donald Trump could still blow up global trade
IF DEALMAKING MEANS threatening catastrophe in order to win small gains, then Donald Trump is the master of the art. Having t...
Milton Keynes shows the rest of Britain how to grow
A school that has never seen children is a strange place. The carpets and walls are unnaturally clean; the building is eerily...