The beautiful southPower in the Catholic church is shifting south and exposing divisionsThe church is pondering whether to ordain women and married menprint-edition iconOct 24
So near and yet so farRussia’s Chukotka and America’s Alaska are an era apartDespite being in spitting distance across the Bering Straitprint-edition iconOct 17
Fake moosPlant-based meat could create a radically different food chainMeat no longer has to be murderprint-edition iconOct 10
Ahead of the gameCompetition between sports for fans’ money and attention is increasingly fierceBasketball can now plausibly claim to be the world’s second-favourite sportprint-edition iconOct 3
Collateral damageDiplomacy in the crossfire of Donald Trump’s impeachment battleThe fall-out from the Ukraine debacle goes beyond the peril to the president himselfSep 29
The day after tomorrowThe world is still struggling to implement meaningful climate policyThe private sector is trying to come up with its own ideasprint-edition iconSep 26
Sea changesOceans are increasingly bearing the brunt of global warmingA new report highlights the cost to the seas of rising temperaturesprint-edition iconSep 25
Global warmingMuch talk, and a little action, at the UN climate summitPoliticians and business leaders announced new steps to fight climate change. But much remains to be doneSep 24
Nothing so concentrates the world’s mindIsland states have had an outsized influence on climate policyClimate issue: Small islands are on the front line of climate change. Yet many still face extinctionprint-edition iconSep 18
The parrots eat ’em allA dire scarcity of drugs is worsening, in part, because they are so cheapMany generic drugs have too few manufacturersprint-edition iconSep 12
BRAC to the futureHow BRAC, the world’s biggest charity, made Bangladesh richerIts extraordinary success leaves it struggling to find a new purposeprint-edition iconSep 5
Where the grass is greenerA global revolution in attitudes towards cannabis is under wayThe legalisation of the drug for medicinal use is paving the way for a broader liberalisationprint-edition iconAug 29
Under coverThe poor, who most need insurance, are least likely to have itMobile phones and innovative firms can helpprint-edition iconAug 22
The new censorsThe global gag on free speech is tighteningIn both democracies and dictatorships, it is getting harder to speak upprint-edition iconAug 15