Rick Kogan has been a newspaperman in his hometown of Chicago for over 40 years. These days he has a Sunday morning radio show in addition to a column at the Chicago Tribune, and in both his mission is to document life in…
Thursday 26 May
Politicians are not known for their powers of self-reflection, but there should be a lot of uncomfortable glances in the mirror this morning in western capitals as General Mladic makes his way through the Serbian justice…
Roslyn Sulcas of the International Herald Tribune reviews “Dance Umbrella” and Simon Prosser of Hamish Hamilton and Penguin previews the Frankfurt Book Fair.
We talk theatre with International Herald Tribune critic Matt Wolf and discuss the current state of dance music with DJ and Author Bill Brewster.
We discuss what’s on Dilma Rousseff’s agenda as she travels to Paris and Moscow, ask why Rupert Murdoch is eyeing up the Tribune newspaper group and explore Mitch McConnell: the US’s least popular senator.
Tuesday 20 November
“The promise of Africa, the power of the Mediterranean.” That was the title of this year’s International Herald Tribune Luxury conference in Rome. If there was ever a time for the luxury industry to try to negotiate its…
Hissene Habre is on trial for the killing of 40,000 people; we’re in Senegal for his tribunal. We also ask what the end of the Gulag tells us about China’s policy-making and what the ideal length of time is for a leader to…
In the rush into digitalisation, US media giants hastily abandoned many of their core values, says the veteran journalist and former foreign editor of the ‘Chicago Tribune’. Elsewhere, old-fashioned values are thriving. We…
Thursday 13 January
As Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and President Barack Obama were smiling in front of the cameras at the White House, back in Beirut the fragile Lebanese unity government collapsed yesterday with the dramatic resign…
Saturday 10 April
“He looked at the sun shine on Beirut. This could be Cannes or Miami, he thought, if only for a few details.”
Tuesday 21 June
As Belgium celebrated its first anniversary of having no government last week, another divided country finally announced the formation if its Cabinet.
Wednesday 26 January
Despite the predictions of most political analysts, the appointment of a new Lebanese prime minister took very little time. Following the fall of Saad Hariri’s coalition government two weeks ago, a new prime minister was…
Having issued an arrest warrant for Colonel Gaddafi, will the International Criminal Court ever bring the Libyan leader to justice? Here, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo responds to critics who say the ICC is ineffectual.
Tuesday 12 October
You might wonder whether a visit from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who arrives in Beirut today, is really what Lebanon needs right now.
Thursday 7 April
“Today is accountability day for Kenya,” declared International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, addressing the six Kenyans suspected of masterminding the post-election violence that killed more than 1…
Thursday 9 December
It took the death of 17-year-old Talal Kassem, a prominent Lebanese banker’s grandson run over by a speeding car on his way to school, to get the Lebanese to demand more safety on their notoriously dangerous roads.
Sunday 11 October
Kenya is welcoming a procession of international visitors this month that indicate both the depths it has fallen to and the heights it could once again reach.
Iconic newspaper headquarters are increasingly attractive prospects for developers
What Australian PM Kevin Rudd uses to get around, the PE teacher crusading for a revival of Maori sports, and the new city in the Aussie outback.
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