Moving stories: the UN’s refugee report
The worldwide count of people forced from their homelands has increased sharply, again. What’s driving these movements, and what are governments doing about incoming refugees? The Democratic Republic ...
19 Jun 201920min
Florida Man: Trump’s re-election campaign
America’s president heads back to the Sunshine State today to announce his candidacy. What to expect this time around? Muhammad Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, has died in court...
18 Jun 201920min
Lam to the slaughter: Hong Kong’s shocking U-turn
Calls for the resignation of Carrie Lam, the territory’s leader, are intensifying. Hong Kongers may have put a recent freedom-crimping bill on ice, but more challenges to their independence await. We ...
17 Jun 201923min
What’s yours has mines: the Gulf of Oman attack
America has blamed Iran for yesterday’s tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman. If that’s true, Iran is playing a dangerous game that involves the whole of the region. The violent militias that control mu...
14 Jun 201921min
Vlad the un-jailer: the Ivan Golunov case
An investigative journalist’s release may look like a press-freedom win in Russia—but it represents much more than that. Democratic presidential hopefuls have no shortage of transformative ideas, yet ...
13 Jun 201921min
Once more, with felines: half the world gets online
Half of humanity is now online. What will the second half do when it logs on? The same as the first: friendly chat, personal expression and a lot of cat videos. Despite appearances, racism in America ...
12 Jun 201921min
Independence say: Hong Kong’s ongoing protests
A proposed change to the judicial system is just the latest sign that mainland China is exerting pressure on Hong Kong’s autonomy. Authorities seem ready to quell further demonstrations. Although soli...
11 Jun 201922min
No way to tweet a friend: Trump’s Mexico tariffs
In the end, President Donald Trump’s tariff threat did what he had hoped: Mexico has pledged to tighten immigration flows. But such weaponisation of tariffs bodes ill for the future. China’s “green Gr...
10 Jun 201921min
