Arraigning on his parade: the charges against Donald Trump

Arraigning on his parade: the charges against Donald Trump

Perhaps the only surprising thing about the former president’s arraignment was that it was not followed by big demonstrations—but he did take to the airwaves to seethe. A global rice crisis is brewing; the world’s most important crop is fuelling both climate change and diabetes. And what connects leased pandas in America and Chinese nationalists’ anger.


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Lives v livelihoods: Africa’s covid-19 tradeoffs

Lives v livelihoods: Africa’s covid-19 tradeoffs

As Nigeria tentatively lifts its lockdown today, we examine the decisions African leaders face: pandemic policies may do more harm than the pandemic itself. There’s a curious dearth of smokers among c...

4 Touko 202020min

Nature, or nurtured? A politicised virus-origin hunt

Nature, or nurtured? A politicised virus-origin hunt

Scientists may soon understand how the new coronavirus got its start; that could help head off future outbreaks. In the meantime, politicians are clouding the discussion. America and Europe are taking...

1 Touko 202022min

Submerging markets: developing economies and covid-19

Submerging markets: developing economies and covid-19

The pandemic is hitting emerging markets particularly hard, and the crisis is likely to widen the gap between the strongest and the weakest among them. Physical distancing is making life even harder f...

30 Huhti 202020min

Those who can, teach! The case for reopening schools

Those who can, teach! The case for reopening schools

The world’s students are falling behind and lockdown is only exacerbating prior disparities in their progress; we examine a compelling back-to-school argument. America’s Environmental Protection Agenc...

29 Huhti 202020min

First, pass the post: Ohio’s vote-by-mail experiment

First, pass the post: Ohio’s vote-by-mail experiment

The state’s all-postal primaries vote could be seen as a trial run for November’s presidential election. Might voting by mail be the least-bad option? The BBC’s canny response to covid-19 has quietene...

28 Huhti 202022min

End transmission: covid-19 in New Zealand

End transmission: covid-19 in New Zealand

The country is aiming for complete elimination of the coronavirus; so far, so good. But renewed freedom within its borders requires that virtually no one cross them. Restrictions in Europe on movement...

27 Huhti 202020min

Unsteady states: America’s piecemeal reopening

Unsteady states: America’s piecemeal reopening

Some governors are co-ordinating mutual lockdown plans, others are already reopening their states. That haphazardness bodes ill in the absence of widespread testing and tracing. The pandemic is kickin...

24 Huhti 202022min

Rakhine and ruin: insurgency in Myanmar

Rakhine and ruin: insurgency in Myanmar

The Rohingya genocide was just one of many sectarian flashpoints in Rakhine state; now a slick separatist insurgency is getting the better of Myanmar’s army. America is floundering in its bid to win t...

23 Huhti 202022min

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