So long, and we’re keeping all the fish: Brexit
Britain’s divorce from the European Union still hinges on sticky matters of fishing rights and the enforcement of fair competition, and time is rapidly running out to strike a deal. India’s fantastica...
14 Joulu 202018min
Taking the temperature: a climate chat with the UN chief
Ahead of a weekend meeting to assess and bolster the Paris Agreement, our correspondent speaks with Antonio Guterres about his reasons for cautious optimism. The founder of an upstart far-right Dutch ...
11 Joulu 202020min
If you already joined ‘em, beat ‘em: Facebook gets sued
American regulators have put mergers that they approved years ago at the heart of antitrust lawsuits—a tricky bid to curb the social-media giant’s market power. We examine the surge of an artist-led p...
10 Joulu 202021min
Laïcité, égalité, fraternité? France’s secularism bill
President Emmanuel Macron’s draft bill walks a fine line balancing the country’s foundational secularism and worries about Islamist terrorism. Amid slumping economies everywhere, Taiwan’s looks surpri...
9 Joulu 202019min
Granting immunity: America weighs vaccine approval
As Britons receive the first doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, authorities in America are meeting this week to authorise its emergency use. We examine the approaches on both sides of the pond. De...
8 Joulu 202021min
Fairly unusual: Ghana’s elections
In a region racked by dodgy polls, the country looks to continue a trend of uncontested handovers of power. That is not to say, however, that there aren’t sticking points. As tortuous Brexit negotiati...
7 Joulu 202022min
Intensive scare: covid-19 ravages America
Numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths are rocketing across the country. We examine the situation in the Midwest, as a microcosm of a wider unfolding tragedy. Venezuela’s ruling party will take...
4 Joulu 202023min
Your planet, or mines? Kicking the coal habit
In the West market forces are squeezing coal—even as its use rises in Asia. We examine how the world can wean itself off the dirtiest fossil fuel. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Belarus’s probable presidenti...
3 Joulu 202021min
