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Industrial revolution
A new era is dawning for a former industrial neighbourhood in Brussels. The canalside Tour & Taxis area is now buzzing with energy as warehouses are redeveloped into cultural, residential and commercial spaces.
Fight your corner
Trump called the organisation ‘obsolete’ but Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is stronger than ever and ready to deal with cyber threats, bullying nations and the shifting global balance of power.
Cities briefing
Helsinki’s mayor on selling his city, China’s Haikou heads to the beach and a Corsican pedestrian walkway.
Defence
The UK rethinks its defence strategy, South Korea stocks up and North Macedonia takes its Nato commitments seriously.
Diplomacy
The EU’s ambassador to Switzerland on tough talks, Germany and Morocco don’t see eye to eye and the UN’s former climate chief on global co-operation.
Politics
Discontent in France, Tanzania’s president, a new party in Poland and Canada’s longest-serving female MP.
Potus report
As the 46th US president gets into his stride, we assess Joe Biden's first months in office, where he's succeeded and fallen short.
All in a grey’s work
Beijing’s ‘Glammas’ offer a new image for what one’s twilight years might yield.
The opener
Our pack of far-flung correspondents weigh in with a sampling of weird and wonderful things happening across the world, from a 100-year-old Canadian landscape designer’s achievements to some mind-beagling treats for your pooch.
Lebanon: state of the nation
With a cosmopolitan capital, picturesque countryside and improving – albeit fluctuating – security, Lebanon is on the up.
