By continuing, you agree to the Terms listed here. In case you want to opt out, please click "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the footer of this page.
Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
We won't sell or share your personal information to inform the ads you see. You may still see interest-based ads if your information is sold or shared by other companies or was sold or shared previously.
The beautiful game is getting cold vibes in America, partly thanks to Trump. But the magic may yet happen World Cup is almost here, but in one of its host nations, the party feels oddly…
Each year it gets lost in India, causing much hullabaloo till it’s located It had gone and got itself lost again. Or not lost, but maybe just misplaced. This happens year after year, so it…
If Switzerland becomes first nation to cap population, the real casualty will be globalisation Switzerland will vote in an interesting referendum this Sunday. The question before voters is: should its population be capped at 10mn…
The beautiful game is getting cold vibes in America, partly thanks to Trump. But the magic may yet happen The World Cup is almost here. In many countries, people are already very excited. In Argentina,…
Switzerland will hold an interesting vote this Sunday. People will decide whether the country’s population should be kept below 10 million until 2050. Switzerland has about 9 million people today. Births are only slightly higher…
Whenever I told anyone that I was a journalist for several years before I turned to teaching, the standard musing would be: ‘So how does the gentle pace of a classroom compare to the frenetic…
Recently there was a lot of brouhaha on the behaviour of some tourists on the tarmac in a Vietnamese airport. That might have been cringey and perhaps weird but it’s not a habit. On the…
Somewhere between one and two million years ago, a group of early humans encountered fire. Not for the first time, probably. But this time, they stayed. They sat with it, tended it through the night,…
Today, the smartphone has become an essential part of our lives, but it also comes with a problem that many people aren’t even aware of. Many mobile apps don’t just check your location when you…
Prompted by geopolitical risks – the Russia-Ukraine war, the Hamas-Israel conflict, tariff wars, the slow fructification of new trade pacts, polarization and the creation of new trade blocs, and the Venezuelan crisis – the global…
