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Oceania

The Solomon Islands men who have gone from government to jail and back to government, and why Samoa is considering a plan to switch timezones.

  • Issue #38
  • 4 min read
Man in grey shirt waving hand outside building
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Strained relations

Fatima Bhutto is part of Pakistan’s great political dynasty. Her grandfather and aunt were killed after serving as prime minister. Her uncle is president, and she is one of his most outspoken critics.

  • Issue #38
  • 5 min read
Strained relations
Affairs

Asia

The donation scandal engulfing the Thai prime minister, and why tiger poachers have leopard in their sights.

  • Issue #38
  • 5 min read
Asia
Affairs

Daddy’s girl

At 19, Keiko Fujimori became Peru’s first lady, appointed by her president father. Now she is standing for the top job herself while he is in jail. Can she win over voters?

  • Issue #38
  • 10 min read
Daddy’s girl
Business

Business

The entrepreneurs with an idea for a digital democracy, Johannesburg's downtown gets a facelift, and online purchases can now be on London doorsteps within 90 minutes.

  • Issue #38
  • 8 min read
Business
Travel and restaurants

Neukölln

A quiet yet vibrant neighbourhood bordered by the Landwehr canal, northern Neukölln now attracts international creative types who are looking for local colour, generous space and cultural diversity.

  • Issue #38
  • 13 min read
Neukölln
Culture

Expo 38: A dying breed?

Izmir was reshaped by European settlers who founded banks and newspapers. After the Ottoman Empire's fall, many fled but some remain, proud of their history yet facing challenges in a changing Turkey.

  • Issue #38
  • 11 min read
Expo 38: A dying breed?
Affairs

Stanley, Falkland Islands

For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity, Monocle visits Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands - the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Fuelled…

  • Film
tank and house, Falkland Islands
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Baku

Baku’s skyline is marking out the Azerbaijani capital as a city for the 21st century, with its five-star hotels and Zaha Hadid-designed arts centre, but there’s still much work to do to combat its…

  • Film
Baku
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Business

The Japanese prerfecture that leads the world that leads there world in LED making, the American company that keeps judges well-robed, and the Berlin coffee geeks on a cappuccino high.

  • Issue #37
  • 10 min read
Business

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