Mongolia is rich in raw materials and is thought to have huge oil reserves: resources that its neighbour China – with which it shares a rocky relationship – needs. The dust-bowl capital, Ulan Bator, is already flourishing…
Wednesday 6 October
For decades, the term “buffer state” has been invoked as shorthand for Mongolia’s political raison d’être.
The one part of Yemen that's still paradise, plus the US creates a new naval base in Singapore.
A new multipurpose "port complex" in South Korea, an election in Mongolia and new divorce laws in India.
A review of the Cypriot elections, we check the Asian front pages, and visit a buzzing newsroom in Mongolia.
From Ulan Bator to Accra, there’s a global shortage of pilots – and schools to teach them. That’s why business has taken off at Moncton Flight College in New Brunswick, Canada. It’s home to 240 students who will one day be…
China finds itself left behind in the race to develop Mongolian resources, but its home-grown film industry will get to double in size.
Wednesday 23 May
As unseasonably heavy rain poured down in Rome earlier this week, it was easy to see the weather as a meteorological mirror for the general economic climate.
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…
Work on a new motorway to drastically improve the Phillipines' infrastructure gets underway, tree planting takes off in China to combat desertification and Kabul to educate the population on conservation, while India's…
Ukrainian chicken farming ruffles feathers, and Hong Kong gets a taste for the grape.
Badly equipped and under-trained, India's police force needs more than just investment. We also report on the Burmese elections, Vietnam's unlikely new friend, and a former Chinese politician speaking out against the gov…
The ancient art of sumo has been under threat in recent years from the dwindling numbers of homegrown wrestlers, match-fixing allegations, bullying and doping scandals. But fresh leadership in the Japan Sumo Association…
Why 2013 will be a year of economic and political uncertainty in Asia, and the politician Jakarta has high hopes for.
Why Argentina's president leaves the Boeing at home, why Chile is feeling British and why Brazilian admen are feeling relieved.
A round-up of the best books, films and music.
An eyewear boutique in New York with new and vintage frames, nautical jumpers for women and a new menswear store in Stockholm.
It was almost 60 years ago that Ron Barassi first started playing as a top Aussie Rules football player. But he is still recognised and celebrated everywhere in his homeland, not just as a great sportsman, but also as the…
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