An angry culture war surrounds Australia Day
BEERS, barbecues and beaches are hallmarks of Australia Day. So is the fight surrounding the national holiday. Every year Aus...
The fate of a ranting driver raises doubts about the “new” Uzbekistan
THE JAILING of dissenters is nothing new in Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous country, where faulting the president ca...
How to end the nightmare of Asia’s choked roads
INCHING THROUGH Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s megalopolis, Banyan recently had a back-seat view of one of Asia’s monstrous traffic...