Barack Obama may not yet have brought about as much change as promised, but he himself has certainly changed.

Pelican Products was founded by a diver who wanted to keep his equipment safe and now it makes protective cases for everyone from the military to the iPhone user.

The European Union is abandoning the building that has housed its mission in Washington since 1995, moving three blocks away across Foggy Bottom.

The crime seems rather wild-frontier, but the western US faces a cattle-rustling outbreak.

US Representative Tim Johnson has decorated his suite with all the trappings of the typical congressional office a collection of medals, framed photos with ex-presidents and a wall map of his central Illinois district but he still does not feel particular

In last year’s Forecast issue, we talent-spotted Woolrich head designer Daiki Suzuki.