Wednesday 10 February
Forget top institutions such as IIT and Delhi University, the most highly sought-after education places in India this month are being contested by a much younger crowd: three-year-olds.
Wednesday 16 November
The New York City Police Department has cleared Zuccotti Park.
Saturday 9 January
When it comes to brainstorming, most will agree two heads are better than one.
Tuesday 25 May
Russia is to urban planning what Saudi Arabia is to nightlife, so the arrival of Dutch legend Rem Koolhaas in Moscow yesterday to launch a new architecture institute is a very welcome move.
Sunday 17 July
Architects, perhaps more than any other design professionals in Britain, have had a rough ride lately.
Wednesday 16 June
Emotions are running wild in the run up to a referendum in July in which Hamburg citizens will decide whether to abolish what are known in Germany as Hauptschule.
Thursday 4 March
A few years ago, when it was planning its entrance into the US, the Lebanese chain Kabab-ji hired a consulting firm for recommendations on where it should locate the first of its full-service kebab restaurants.
Monday 20 December
In early 2010 Thomas Shannon, the US ambassador to Brazil, sent a cable to Washington offering his views on Dilma Rousseff, who was preparing to kick-off her campaign for the Brazilian presidency.
Wednesday 18 May
Mike Bloomberg bestrides this city like a colossus. Mayor of New York since 2002 and the richest man in town, Bloomberg has run New York like a CEO, with no allegiance to any political party.
Tuesday 6 March
Here’s one to consider while you thump the treadmill, commute to work or speed along at 38,000 feet – when is a state no longer a state?
Tuesday 15 November
If there’s one positive to come out of Europe’s debt crisis, it’s that Italians now have a new vocabulary word to toss around in their daily discussions at the café: “lo spread”.
Saturday 19 June
The entrance to the Morro do Alemão favela is typically chaotic, with bicycles, pedestrians and vehicles vying for space on a grubby street teeming with small shops, beauty salons and rickety market stalls.
Monday 18 July
Firestorm over a Chinese actress’s homophobic microblog
Monday 24 January
If you broadcast it they will watch – and cook! At least that’s the mission behind Eat Eat, India’s first 24-hour all-food television network, which debuts in the subcontinent today.
Thursday 3 February
You might expect reports of the pending death of a language to prompt dewy-eyed appeals from academics. But no one is shedding a tear for the demise of Fanagalo – most often heard 2,000 metres beneath the surface of the…
Thursday 23 August
At 27, I am among the eldest of the “internet generation” – those that have ostensibly grown up using the World Wide Web for everything from education, to work, to leisure.
Monday 6 June
Where better to show off the face of the “new” China than near Beijing’s Tiananmen Square? As the country gears up to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of China’s Communist Party on 1 July, Louis Vuitton is…
Tuesday 28 December
They may not yet have flat roads, regular electricity or a constant water supply, but work on Timor-Leste’s first mall is almost complete.
Saturday 10 July
A year after the expenses scandal that threw the UK’s parliament into crisis, aftershocks are registering in New Zealand.
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