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Affairs

The opener

From game-changers to green capitals and suspect statues, we round up some eye-catching news from across the globe.

  • Issue #145
  • 8 min read
Orange Treno Gottardo train crosses a bridge over a river through a forested Alpine valley in Switzerland.
Sport

On top of their games

As Tokyo gets set to host the Olympics and Paralympics after 2020's false start, a multitude of behind-the-scenes players have long been exercising their minds to ensure a gold-standard Games.

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  • 17 min read
Man posing with the two Tokyo Olympics mascot robots in a factory.
Entrepreneurialism

Crown jewel

Business is blooming in the fertile fields of Victoria’s King Valley as Melbourne’s entreprenurial ‘tree changers’ put down roots.

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  • 8 min read
Crown jewel
Business

Cities Briefing

We sit down with the woman who could be Copenhagen’s next mayor and explore a park project in Busan.

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  • 4 min read
Cities Briefing
Affairs

Defence

France reveals details of its €7bn next-generation aircraft carrier, due in 2038, as nations worldwide invest in naval power despite growing threats from hypersonic missiles.

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  • 3 min read
Defence
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Taiwan’s representative in the US talks cat diplomacy, and Germany and Hungary fall out over football.

  • Issue #144
  • 5 min read
Cartoon of a pinkish face being and a pink football on a teal background.
Transport

Missing links

As the world gets moving once again, we highlight the grand-scale transit projects that would give cities and nations new momentum.

  • Issue #144
  • 13 min read
Stylized illustration of coastal landscape with green mountains, water, and colorful geometric shapes
Travel and restaurants

Open invitation

After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism. Thanks to a new visa scheme, citizens of almost 40 countries can gain access quickly and easily – but will they come?

  • Issue #144
  • 10 min read
Umm al-Tabul Mosque with its distinctive minarets and dome structure in Baghdad
Sport

High tides

There’s a swell time to be had in the Swiss Alps. Visitors are ditching crampons and taking to the waves at a pool hundreds of metres above sea level. Surf’s up!

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  • 4 min read
Surfer riding a wave in an inland surf pool with mountains behind.

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