At 27, Verena Bahlsen entered the leadership of the family company that had produced biscuits for generations. Two years later, she was gone. The departure marked the end of an unusually public
The case of Jason Arday, the black sociology professor whose academic career at the University of Cambridge ended amid allegations ranging from a fabricated biography to systematic plagiarism, has become a striking
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Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the country’s education crisis is becoming a wider threat to its social and economic future. Girls remain barred from school beyond the
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At a newly built factory in southwestern Japan, a robot makes a mistake — and then corrects it. At Yaskawa Electric’s new 20 billion yen ($126 million) factory building in Kitakyushu, one
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Hong Kong is approaching a potentially important stage in the evolution of its role as a global financial hub, with policymakers and market participants calling for a broader range of financial products,
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In recent times, the term Gen Z and the concept have been subjected to intense debate in the print, visual and social media and in debating forums. There have been conflicting views
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When British traveler Wilko Wanders walked into a park in Shanghai, he expected to be just an observer, watching local people enjoy their daily lives. Surprisingly, he found himself at the center
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Sometimes political reality can resemble a badly scripted Hollywood film. On 8 July, after the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump appeared to leave Turkey in the customary manner, boarding
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By publicly documenting her decision to freeze her eggs, the US congresswoman has transformed an intensely private medical choice into a wider debate over reproductive autonomy, women’s careers and the political struggle
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The day after Li Chen-hsiu was sworn in as a member of Taiwan’s Legislature, she faced questions not only about her nationality, but about her identity and ultimately her loyalty to Taiwan.
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Erblin Ademi watched from a distance as workers began excavating recently discovered mass graves in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father disappeared during the 1998-99 war, Ademi is caught between fear
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Five years after the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, the country is confronting a humanitarian crisis that is becoming harder to contain. Millions are struggling with hunger and disease, families have
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On a Thursday evening in San Francisco, more than a dozen people gathered in a community office with alcohol-free wine, cheese, pens and sheets of paper. The meeting had been billed as
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New Delhi’s decision to assign official names to 27 locations in Arunachal Pradesh has brought a long-standing territorial dispute with China back into sharp focus, coming just a day after officials from
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For historian Wang Gungwu, the rivalry between the United States and China cannot be understood without looking backwards. At 95, the internationally recognised authority on Chinese history remains convinced that the past
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Dr. Lauren Dagan Amoss has spent much of her academic and professional career examining India from outside South Asia, studying the country’s foreign policy, security calculations and
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