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The opener
In our global news round-up we find a remedy for stiff bottoms at the Bayreuth Festival, dance to Egyptian pop in the Mediterranean and make a case for taxi drivers donning national dress.
Defence
Army recruitment tactics in France, Djibouti’s new friendship with China, Israel’s tank innovation and North Korea’s escalating missile tests.
Diplomacy
How the Dutch manage their waterways and a chat with Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner in charge of enlargement.
Breathe in, breathe out
Taiwan's Yilan county has long been Taipei's rural escape. Since a mountain tunnel slashed commute times in 2006, this Pacific-coast city of rice paddies and surf breaks has become a genuine alternative to capital-city…
Turkey’s California
We travel to the Aegean Coast in Turkey, where tourism may be falling but its beach clubs are buoyed by a homegrown crowd escaping city life and political upheaval.
Brand Berlin
The German capital has become home to numerous new businesses and start-ups, attracting people from around the globe. And despite its complex past, it is an outpost of liberalism, possibility and ambition. How can…
Walk of fame
LA’s renaissance mayor and Democrat rising star is taking on homelessness, transport and Trump.
Africa/Middle East
Park revival in Kuwait, storytelling in Nigeria and the Dubai-Abu Dhabi Hyperloop.
Asia Pacific
Shibuya’s new nursery, Shanghai’s flight delays and recreational activities in Jakarta.
