earth1d
Small countries that play no role in climate change will be hardest hit
Small Island Developing States face high flood risks due to climate change, despite contributing the least to global ...
Almost 80 years after the end of the Second World War, a small piece of a lost soldier’s life finds its way back to Japan
Toward the war’s end in August, 1945, the 127th Liaison Squadron left India and was ordered to move into position in the ...
The Boston Globe3d
The world is trying to make sense of the US electoral college
The US presidential election is drawing the world’s attention — and its questions. The quadrennial vote comes with a steep learning curve, as people and media outlets around the globe seek ...
The New Republic on MSN3d
Where the Rich Can Buy Secrecy, Evade Laws, and Claim a Slice of Space
From Switzerland to Qatar to Kazakhstan, the countries clamoring to entice the ultrawealthy with a suite of new privileges.
The laid-back couple behind Iggy’s opened a stylish Cambridge café
They’re soft spoken and earnest and when they talk about the small bread business they started in 1994 and ... Thirty years ...
How a drab Soviet metropolis became Central Asia’s capital of cool
Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan’s largest city (population 2.2 million and growing) has evolved to become the star ...
Scuttlebutt Sailing News3d
Avoiding collision during Vendée Globe
Based on the nine past editions of the Vendée Globe, on average only 60% of competitors finish. Most retirements are due to technical issues, while some ...
How the U.S. Election Matters for the Rest of the World
Times foreign correspondents describe what’s at stake for the world, including China, Israel, Ukraine, global trade and ...
Foreign Affairs10d
A Woman in the White House
LINDA ROBINSON is Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and is writing a book about ...
Royal Aeronautical Society1d
Putting Bahrain back on the aviation map
Ahead of the Bahrain International Air Show, TIM ROBINSON FRAeS reports on the Gulf region’s oldest flag carrier – Gulf Air, ...
globes.co.il2d
Shekel gains against dollar, bucking global trend
The DXY index, which measures the strength of the US dollar, rose 1.5% with strong gains against all the world's major currencies, and only a small amount of the ground has been lost today. But the ...
Vendée Globe6d
Szabolcs Weöres : "My philosophy is take one step then take the next step and the next...keep it simple."
Seven years after his mentor and friend Nandor Fá, Szabolcs Weöres is about to become the second Hungarian skipper to compete ...