Wednesday 31 October
Natural disasters are supposed to be apolitical. Campaigning ceases, adverts are pared back, the daily round of polls disappears. Yet with just a few days to go until a presidential election, nothing is apolitical.
Thursday 31 March
At first it feels reassuringly familiar. The sun is shining in Shibuya, salarymen are rushing around and teens are chatting as they make their way across the famous crossing. But there are telling signs of change.
Saturday 5 March
As Christchurch reels from what could prove to be New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, a new dread is gripping residents – that their city may never truly recover.
Tuesday 13 March
This past weekend, while travelling around Japan’s disaster zone, I found an uplifting story.
Marines are told to get some real muscle, shark-skin technology for subs, China joins the international effort to tackle piracy, and new RPG protection for vehicles.
Sunday 11 April
Two questions were on most people’s minds when they heard the horrific news about the plane crash outside Smolensk, which killed 96 people including Poland’s president.
Monday 5 March
As Christchurch reels from what could prove to be New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, a new dread is gripping residents
Monday 29 August
The damage caused by Hurricane Irene was mercifully minimal.
Thursday 23 June
The world news agenda might have moved on to new locations, but the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster in Japan on 11 March continues to make headline news at home. As summer approaches and…
Sunday 31 January
Haiti has raised a lot of questions about how the world helps when disaster strikes.
An association of housing manufacturers and builders is providing prefabricated homes for people in the areas worst hit by Japan’s tsunami and earthquake. Monocle visits Rikuzen-Takata, where over a third of the town needs…
Thursday 8 September
On September 11, 2001, I was working behind the concierge desk at SoHo’s Mercer Hotel.
Tuesday 6 November
One week ago, life in Manhattan was very different from what it is today. There were no rumbling subterranean subway sounds nor beeping taxi cabs.
New Zealanders' blasé attitude to living on top of a massive fault line, plus how Fiji's leader has dealt with his ex-convict brother-in-law - by appointing him to a top rugby position.
Expert Marina Petroleka analyses the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on BP's reputation, and we contrast media freedom in Delhi, Cape Town and Singapore.
Monday 11 March
Two years after Japan’s largest post-war disaster its recovery has been astonishing but politics is slowing progress.
Tuesday 14 May
The Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh has echoes of events a century ago. Sophie Grove asks what we should have learned.
A recap of the day that potentially saved Cyprus from financial disaster, we get an update on global gay marriage, and ask the first barbecue editor of the Texas Monthly how he landed the single best job in journalism.
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