Workers broke ground on Vietnam’s first high-speed rail line. The route will link the capital to industrial hubs in the east at over 200 mph. Southeast Asia has seen a proliferation of high-speed rail, mostly China-financed, but projects in Indonesia and Laos are expensive and behind schedule. The Vietnamese line ...
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And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination feesAnd the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees
Presidential elections in Djibouti and Benin at the weekend highlighted how a costly electoral system is reshaping democracy Alexis Mohamed would have loved to stand against his former boss. A longtime adviser to Djibouti’s president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Mohamed resigned last September, citing democratic regression in the country. But at ...
Why is the US threatening to block Iranian ports and how would it work?Why is the US threatening to block Iranian ports and how would it work?
Announcement has left markets in yet more uncertainty, with questions over how blockade will be enforced Middle East crisis – live updates The US military has announced it will enforce a blockade on all Iranian ports in the strait of Hormuz from Monday after ceasefire talks with Iran over the ...
This week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story | Flynn ColemanThis week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story | Flynn Coleman
We send the voice of the dead across space as an act of continuity and care, while on Earth we tally the bodies. Which do we choose to become? Four people are sleeping 19,000 miles from the moon when the voice of Apollo 13’s commander arrives. “Hello, Artemis II. This ...
Middle East crisis live: US blockade of Iran’s ports to begin today as Pope Leo says he has ‘no intention to debate’ Trump over warMiddle East crisis live: US blockade of Iran’s ports to begin today as Pope Leo says he has ‘no intention to debate’ Trump over war
Centcom says blockade to begin at 10am ET; pontiff says he will not respond to US president’s scathing attack Full report: Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks Circling back ...
What Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right really mean when they invoke ‘Greater Israel’ | Daniel LevyWhat Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right really mean when they invoke ‘Greater Israel’ | Daniel Levy
The concept is about much more than acquiring territory, it is also about Netanyahu’s desire for Israel to become a regional superpower • Daniel Levy served as an Israeli peace negotiator at the Oslo II talks and is president of the US/Middle East project Much remains unclear about the significance ...
Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Sombr – in picturesCoachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Sombr – in pictures
Carpenter is fired out of a car on water jets, David Byrne wears head to toe orange, and the reclusive Bieber steps into the limelight Continue reading… ...
Viktor Orbán is gone. What does his fall mean for Europe? Our panel respondsViktor Orbán is gone. What does his fall mean for Europe? Our panel responds
Hungary’s return to democracy will be hard. But the impact of Péter Magyar’s decisive victory could be profound, inside the country and beyond Continue reading… ...
Euphoria season three review – grubby, desperate and absolutely not worth the waitEuphoria season three review – grubby, desperate and absolutely not worth the wait
What a relief that this is the end for Sam Levison’s grim drama. A show which was once blackly funny is now humourless torture porn To say that season three of Euphoria is long-awaited would be something of an understatement. HBO’s high school drama debuted in 2019, when it garnered ...
‘Hungary has chosen Europe’: EU leaders jubilant after Péter Magyar’s victory over Orbán‘Hungary has chosen Europe’: EU leaders jubilant after Péter Magyar’s victory over Orbán
Congratulations pour in from across EU, with leaders from Spain, Poland, France, Britain, Denmark, Romania, Sweden and beyond hailing a new chapter Full report: Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power EU leaders heaped praise on Péter Magyar after his decisive election victory in Hungary against the ...