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Bravery behind bars: Alexei Navalny imprisoned
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, has been transferred to a brutal prison. Other Kremlin opponents have been imprisoned or e…
3 years, 7 months ago
Field work: The race to succeed Boris Johnson
The race to succeed Boris Johnson begins today. Numerous Conservative MPs have thrown their proverbial hats into the ring; they are fighting on groun…
3 years, 7 months ago
Gota goes: Sri Lanka’s president resigns
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s president, announced he will step down on Wednesday after protestors occupied Colombo, the country’s capital, over th…
3 years, 7 months ago
Tragedy in Japan: the killing of Abe Shinzo
Japan’s prime minister from 2006-07 and 2012-20 died after being shot at a campaign event. Our Tokyo bureau chief analyses the implications for the c…
3 years, 7 months ago
Send out the clown: Boris agrees to go
Boris Johnson is standing down as Britain’s prime minister. We consider his legacy and impact on British politics. Public attitudes on LGBT rights in…
3 years, 7 months ago
Rishi, you were here: Boris Johnson’s woes
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, Britain’s finance and health ministers respectively, resigned yesterday; other officials soon followed suit. Once again,…
3 years, 8 months ago
Pressure gauged: the road to recessions
Hints are turning to hard data: economic slowdowns are coming. We ask about the threat of recessions in different regions and about the effects they …
3 years, 8 months ago
Southern strategy: the coming bid to retake Kherson
The city remains Ukraine’s only provincial capital to be taken by Russian forces—can Ukraine overcome its shortages of manpower and firepower to reta…
3 years, 8 months ago
Power strip: SCOTUS’s environmental ruling
America’s Supreme Court has essentially shorn the Environmental Protection Agency of its agency in making national policy. We ask what that means for…
3 years, 8 months ago
Son rise: the Philippines’ next President Marcos
It is a remarkable turnaround for a notorious family: the late dictator’s son just took the reins. But how will he govern? Scotland’s separatist part…
3 years, 8 months ago