Month: April 2022
19.04.2022
The latest consequence of climate change: The Arctic is now open for business year-round
The Arctic is now open for business year-round after a large commercial ship sailed the Northern Sea Route…
19.04.2022
A pro-democracy activist on Hong Kong’s year of turmoil: “The city itself is dying”
Hong Kong transformed in a year. Starting in June 2019, the city convulsed with protests over a controversial…
19.04.2022
Soccer fans destroyed the Super League
Twelve of the richest European soccer teams came up with an ingenious scheme to make even more money:…
19.04.2022
Germany contained Covid-19. Politics brought it back.
This story is one in our six-part series The Pandemic Playbook. Explore all the stories here. Last summer…
15.04.2022
GOP opposition to the Iran deal is threatening to sink a Biden Pentagon nominee
President Joe Biden’s pick to be the third-highest civilian leader at the Pentagon is already facing a tough…
15.04.2022
South Korea’s Covid-19 success story started with failure
This story is one in our six-part series The Pandemic Playbook. Explore all the stories here. DAEGU, South…
15.04.2022
Why South Africa is still so segregated
For decades, South Africa was under apartheid: A series of laws divided people by race. Then, in the…
15.04.2022
5 things to know about the new US climate commitment
The United States has an aggressive new commitment for fighting climate change: cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by…
15.04.2022
Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident challenging Putin, explained
The greatest challenger to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule is a man whose name the dictator won’t say…
15.04.2022
Vietnam defied the experts and sealed its border to keep Covid-19 out. It worked.
This story is one in our six-part series The Pandemic Playbook. Explore all the stories here. Every January…