Clear-cut risks: the Amazon degrades

Clear-cut risks: the Amazon degrades

Deforestation is on the rise and Brazil’s government is all but encouraging it. Beyond a certain threshold, the world’s largest rainforest will dry out into a savanna—with dire consequences. We ask why Malaysia’s reformist coalition isn’t doing much reforming of the country’s illiberal laws. And, Norway’s growing scourge of fish-smuggling.

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Alms held up: Venezuela

Alms held up: Venezuela

Venezuela is in dire need of humanitarian aid, and Juan Guaidó, the interim president, has pledged to deliver it tomorrow. Will Nicolás Maduro, the dictatorial leader still formally in power, let him?...

22 Helmi 201920min

Sins of the fathers: the Vatican and child abuse

Sins of the fathers: the Vatican and child abuse

The Vatican is hosting a high-profile meeting on child abuse by the clergy. It’s a topic that has been woefully overlooked, and one that threatens to define the tenure of Pope Francis. We visit the wo...

21 Helmi 201921min

Prince on tour: Muhammad bin Salman

Prince on tour: Muhammad bin Salman

Muhammad bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, is on a tour of Asia, striking deals and trying to polish his image. What kind of influence will he have in the region? Every year as much as a quarter of ...

20 Helmi 201919min

Labour’s love lost: British politics

Labour’s love lost: British politics

Seven parliamentarians have split from Britain’s opposition Labour party. That could change the calculus of Brexit, and just might be the nucleus of a new movement. There’s a little-noticed shift in t...

19 Helmi 201919min

State of the unionising: Amazon

State of the unionising: Amazon

We examine the aftermath of the online behemoth’s withdrawal of its New York expansion plans, and speak with its Midwestern workers about growing talk of unionising. President Emmanuel Macron hopes to...

18 Helmi 201922min

Emergency measures: America’s border deal

Emergency measures: America’s border deal

President Donald Trump is expected to declare a national emergency today, to fund his southern-border wall. We ask why that would be an uncomfortable constitutional precedent. Nigeria’s general electi...

15 Helmi 201920min

IS this the end? Islamic State’s last stand

IS this the end? Islamic State’s last stand

In Syria the few remaining Islamic State fighters are hemmed in. The caliphate’s territory may be diminished, but the idea will live on. A Valentine’s Day look at the digital dating market reveals the...

14 Helmi 201920min

It’s not easy: the Green New Deal

It’s not easy: the Green New Deal

As America’s Senate majority leader pledges a vote on the Green New Deal, a sweeping set of policies around climate and much more, we examine just what the legislation does—and doesn’t—lay out. Follow...

13 Helmi 201922min

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