Shanxi province is struggling to diversify away from coal

ON A MUGGY July morning the museum of coal in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, is bursting with visitors. An exhibit boasts of the province’s reserves of 650bn tonnes of coal. “Mining could last for over 200 years,” it enthuses. Asked if coal would still be dug up in that distant future, a guide nods eagerly, […]

How climate change could spread malaria

Southern Africa is suffering a malaria surge. Countries including Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe are experiencing outbreaks of the disease, which causes fevers and chills and kills 600,000 people worldwide every year. Zimbabwe has been particularly badly affected. By July it had reported nearly four times as many cases and more than six times as many […]

Donald Trump brokers a peace plan in the Caucasus

THE SOUTH CAUCASUS is a mosaic of warring rivals and closed borders. Lookout posts and bunkers dot its frontiers. On August 8th Donald Trump met Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, in an effort to end the conflict between their two countries. At the White House the trio signed a peace declaration and agreements […]

How much of Gaza is left standing?

aniella Pierson turned 30 on Monday—a milestone acknowledged by a bevy of successful friends, from Spanx founder Sara Blakely to the singer Jewel to designer Diane von Furstenberg.

A glimpse of Gaza’s miserable future

aniella Pierson turned 30 on Monday—a milestone acknowledged by a bevy of successful friends, from Spanx founder Sara Blakely to the singer Jewel to designer Diane von Furstenberg.

Aby 6 Heshiis oo uu saxiixay colaad ayay ku dambeeyeen

Waa kuma hoggaamiyaha Geeska Afrika ee 6 heshiis nabad oo uu saxiixay ay colaada isku rogeen? Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Itoobiya Abiy Ahmed wuxuu tan iyo markii uu xafiiska yimid sannadkii 2018 isku muujinayay hoggaamiye cusub oo geesinimo ku doonaya nabad, dib-u-heshiisiin, iyo isku-xirnaanta Geeska Afrika oo hal dal laga dhigo. Laakiin lix sano kaddib, raadraaca heshiisyada […]

Dawladda Somalia: oo magaca bedelatay dhul boob awgiis.

Xanaanada Xoolaha waxaa laga xaraashay 5 goobood oo ay wasaaraddan lahayd, wasaaradda Isgaarsiinta ayaa lumisay 3 kamid ah xarumaha ay baahida qaarkood hadda u qabtay, iyadoo dulaalada dhulka u qortay warqad ka maaransho ah oo madaxweynaha loo geeyey.