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Asia
The motorcade of Mongolia's president (the only one in our series that's included a horse) and a boost for public transport in Jakarta and Mumbai.
Power trip
Electric cars aren’t new to the motoring scene but they’ve always been practical rather than user-intuitive or well designed – limitations BMW has looked to tackle with its first all-electric model.
Power to the people
Innovative designers and visionary city planners are breathing new life into the much-mocked electric bike – today’s power-assisted two-wheelers are hand-crafted, ultra-efficient, lightweight and, most important of all, chic...
Observation
As summer comes to a close, our editor-in-chief turns a fresh page by taking to the road across Europe and rethinking four-wheeled travel.
Business
Mobile banking in Burma, polishing diamonds in Botswana and raising a glass to the whisky industry in Tasmania
Big Shot
El Casco in the Basque country is a Spanish success story. And despite the difficult economic conditions, it has had the firepower to survive.
Slowly does it
Buying property in the centre of this Russian city will require some patience – but it’s worth it in the end.
No magic carpet
Iran’s economic troubles are well documented. In Tehran there is renewed hope that newly elected president Hassan Rouhani can ease Western sanctions and spark a turnaround in the failing economy.
Way to work
Sydney repurposes military relics and heritage huts into shared workspaces, where bankers, dancers and PR consultants swap ideas across harbourside studios designed for a new, adaptable working culture.
Family tree
George Nakashima was one of 20th-century America’s leading furniture luminaries. Following his death in 1990, his daughter Mira has carried on the family woodwork tradition and the company he founded.
