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Fellow-BRICS road: a club expands
The alliance was always based more on common fortunes than common interests. We ask what to make of the six new members, and whether the bloc’s motle…
2 years, 6 months ago
Flight of the long knives: Prigozhin’s reported death
History would suggest that the crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was an assassination. Our correspondent considers what the supposed death of the Wa…
2 years, 6 months ago
Vote with no confidence: Zimbabwe goes to the polls
Arranging friendly media coverage, giving handouts to voters, stifling opposition rallies: once again the country’s ruling party has put its thumb on…
2 years, 6 months ago
Home groan: China’s housing-sector crisis
Once again, fears are ripping through the industry—this time starting from a firm once thought too big to fail. In an economy so dependent on housebu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Latin lessons: two contrasting elections
Ecuador and Guatemala faced similar preoccupations with violence and corruption—one of Ecuador’s candidates was assassinated on the campaign trail—bu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Gun-shy: why Niger’s coup stands, for now
For weeks, the regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to undo the putsch by force. But appetite for a military response—the ultimate deterrent in a coup…
2 years, 6 months ago
Make ore break: Latin America’s commodities
The region is home to most of the world’s known lithium. Given the mineral’s usefulness in batteries and electric vehicles, could it be on the cusp o…
2 years, 6 months ago
Through the fire: an update from Hawaii
As the death toll surpasses 100, we report from Maui where fires have ravaged the island in the deadliest American wildfire in over a century. Why wa…
2 years, 6 months ago
“Witch hunt”, Part Four: Trump indicted, again
The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that has been used to prosecute everyone from rappers…
2 years, 6 months ago
West-siding story? Turkey’s tactical shift
Despite cosying up with Russia and accusing America of trying to topple him, the newly re-elected president now appears to be flirting with old allie…
2 years, 6 months ago