Climate change: Fiddling while the planet burns
Those of us suffering through heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere this summer may suspect climate change is here already. But it’s not all doom and gloom.
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Corruption, cheating, doping. But sport enchants us still.
For three decades, I’ve reported on bribery, corruption, cheating and doping in internatinal sport. Why, then, do I still love sport so much?
Read moreWar on drugs: Will Sri Lanka execute dealers?
Following the Philippines’ play book, Sri Lanka has re-instated the death penalty for drug dealers, shrugging off criticism from rights groups and the EU.
Read moreNews-Decoder adds schools in Latin America, China
Two more schools have joined News-Decoder, extending our reach into a fifth continent and linking us with one of China’s top academic institutions.
Read morePakistan’s Imran Khan – from cricket hero to top job
Pakistan’s Imran Khan was a cricket star with glamorous women on his arm. Now he is poised to become prime minister of the cricket-mad South Asian nation.
Read moreIn Hong Kong, a sense of powerlessness is taking hold
It’s been four years since young activists in Hong Kong launched a movement for democratic reforms. Now, a sense of powerlessness is growing.
Read morePaterson, New Jersey: Portrait of a Promised City
Paterson city and its powerful waterfall drew my immigrant family from the Middle East. The cataract may hold the key to the depressed city’s future.
Read moreIn Moscow, an education in all things Putin
Recently I went to Russia. I discovered that Russians view their president, Vladimir Putin, in a much different light than many of us from the West.
Read moreThe Sultana’s Education – Part 5
The Crown Princess becomes the first female ruler of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. A mysterious woman enters her entourage, and a man slips and dies.
Read moreThe Sultana’s Education – Part 4
Over tea, the elegant Madam Lara expounds on Lover Nature. Suddenly, a cigarette pack ignites in a man’s hand and a fishing boat explodes.
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