

A brief history of boycotts. From government bans to customers pouring it in gutters by the gallon, Americans are saying “nyet” to Russian vodka, expressing their anger over the Kremlin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Politicians have known since the republic’s...
From British tea to Russian vodka

Zero-Covid policy threatens Hong Kong’s status as an international financial hub
Hong Kong’s implementation of draconian Covid policies threatens its status as an international financial hub. This is seen through Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s execution of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘Zero-Covid’ policy amid crippling economic...
Zero-Covid policy threatens Hong Kong’s status as an international financial hub

Ukraine’s zoos
What is happening to all the animals? Details are starting to emerge on how Ukraine’s zoos are coping with the war. Some of the animals, including lions, tigers and wild cats, have been rehomed to zoos in Poland, but this is just not going to be...
Ukraine’s zoos

I am alone: please let me tell you about it
I am alone in New York this week and I have double vision, so when I walk down the street, I pass identical twins who often are leading identical dogs and my loneliness feels rather dramatic. Double vision cost me my driver’s license and as a pedestrian I’m moved by...
I am alone: please let me tell you about it

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted world’s biggest prize
Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first black person to be awarded architecture’s highest international honour, the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and built...
The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted world’s biggest prize