Caught in the middle: Idlib’s humanitarian disaster
Turkey sees the fall of Idlib as an existential threat; Russian-backed Syrian forces see the province as the last redoubt of troublesome rebels. Millions are trapped in the crossfire. Loans are hard t...
3 Mar 202022min
EU’ve heard this one before: Brexit trade talks
Once again, Britain’s negotiators are talking tough, threatening a no-deal scenario as a long series of trade talks begins in Brussels. They’ve got a hard job ahead. Many aircraft engines have compute...
2 Mar 202021min
Playing with fire: Democrats may get Bern
Bernie Sanders's rise in the Democratic primaries has echoes of Donald Trump’s road to the Republican nomination. He has already changed the tone of the race; can he win it? We take a look at the shad...
28 Feb 202023min
Delhi melee: India’s citizenship protests
Violence in the country’s capital is the worst in decades. The unrest pits the ruling party’s Hindu-nationalist agenda against citizens proud of India’s secular history. Both technology and society ar...
27 Feb 202021min
Clash pipe: Canada’s widening protests
Successive governments have overlooked the concerns of indigenous peoples, and that has elevated a small gas-pipeline protest into a national conflagration. We look back on the life and legacy of Hosn...
26 Feb 202022min
Mitigating circumstances: coronavirus spreads
Global markets tanked yesterday as governments reported startling rises in covid-19 cases. Our correspondents around the world assess countries' differing policies, and the prospects for overcoming th...
25 Feb 202022min
Peace-meal: ceasefire in Afghanistan
For now, a “reduction in violence” is holding, and a long-awaited agreement hangs in the balance. But can the Taliban and the country’s government engineer a lasting peace? Brazil’s surfers dominate t...
24 Feb 202022min
Clerical era: Iran’s elections
In a bid to unite a fractious populace, hardliners barred half of the parliamentary candidates; by silencing moderates, the plan will suppress turnout and deepen the disquiet. We take a look at the ri...
21 Feb 202021min
