He says a Russian order has gone out to “take something” in time for the pomp of Victory Day in Moscow on May 9th, or, failing that, before Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing a week later. The speed ...

Last year, though, China started promoting militias again. Army officers have been conducting surprise inspections of old militias retained by local governments to check that they are up to scratch.

A South Korean on the OECD ’s poverty line earns almost $22,000. That is still more than an average salary in Mexico. And ...

Strong economic growth, which averaged 5.9% over the 20 years after the country took ownership of the Panama canal at the ...

What happened after the floods, though, spoke to a growing dilemma for the six monarchies in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC). Like its neighbours, the UAE urges its subjects not to sweat the ...

His “answer engine” is aimed at competing with Google search, one of the best business models of all time. Think Martin Luther taking on the Catholic church. Mr Srinivas is a student of disruption.

This clash of big dirt and high finance suggests that Anglo harbours something worth fighting over. Its big mines indeed tick all the right boxes: high quality and low cost, with the potential to ...

South Africa is undeniably a free country. The hidebound evil of apartheid is gone. A liberal constitution helps ensure South ...

Britain’s welfare state can be impenetrable to claimants. It is also immense: no government department spends more than the DWP. This year spending on social security in Britain is expected to pass ...

The ahdb estimates that 15% less land will be planted with wheat—Britain’s most important crop by volume—this year. The sodden ground will mean poor yields. The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a ...

One of the biggest—the “mecca” of quilt shows, according to one attendee—is the show hosted in late April in Paducah, Kentucky, nestled on the southern bank of the Ohio river. Nicknamed “Quilt City”, ...

The context is New York’s dire lack of housing. In February the city’s triennial housing survey revealed a rental vacancy rate (the proportion of available housing unoccupied) at a historic low of 1.4 ...