Israeli elections have become a referendum on Netanyahu
After five elections in four years, how do Israelis view democracy?
Are carbon markets helping to slow climate change? Maybe.
Carbon trading has been around for a quarter-century. But do these mechanisms represent true reductions?
Colombians are occupying land to protest inequality. Here’s the history.
Indigenous and other marginalized Colombians are putting pressure on the new government to follow through on land redistribution promises
Bank customers protested in Henan, China. Who attacked them?
Research on ‘contractors for hire’ explains the extraordinary attempt to disperse angry crowds who wanted local banks to return their deposits
Shinzo Abe gave Japan far more than ‘Abenomics’
His predecessors struggled to govern. Abe helped transform Japanese politics.
Banning Russia from SWIFT is a big deal. But the real pain comes from sanctions.
Keeping Russian banks from using SWIFT is not the financial nuclear weapon some have suggested.
Kazakhstan’s leaders promised middle-class comfort. Then they raised prices.
Protesters aren’t benefiting from Kazakhstan’s oil economy.
New ‘net zero’ standards could transform the climate — unless they’re derailed
Few people watch international bodies that set standards, but the ISO’s ‘London Declaration’ could be a big deal.
Nobody can go to the Tokyo Olympics. So why is the government going ahead with them?
The political stakes are high, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga must face voters in a general election this fall
In Colombia’s mass protests, Indigenous and Black activists find echoes of colonial history
Whether it’s enduring the military police’s racially targeted violence or trying to tear down colonizers’ statues, Black and Indigenous activists feel they’re still battling to be treated as full citizens.