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Four wildfire-fighting companies to watch in the blazing years ahead
From analog aviation retrofits to hi-tech AI detection and autonomous drones, here are the innovative technologies that are being used to track and respond to wildfires as global fire seasons intensify.
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In Red Hook, New York’s creative fringe is building a design district by the water
The ‘grungy’ seaside neighbourhood in Brooklyn is enjoying a creative boom, drawing furniture-makers, gallerists and designers to its waterfront warehouses.
A tour of Saint-Étienne, a French city betting that design can succeed where industry failed
Once a hub of arms manufacture and coal mining, Saint-Étienne is betting on creative industries to secure its future. We visit its design quarter to meet the people leading the transformation.
Meet the artisans fighting to save Florence’s historic craft economy against the tide of mass tourism
Influences old and new are spurring fresh creativity in Italy. We visit Florence’s Oltrarno district, where historic workshops and a new wave of designers are sharing the same streets.
Japanese craftsmanship finds a new stage in Kyoto’s Nishijin neighbourhood
The city’s historical craft district is blooming into a creative conclave, with a new generation of artisans, architects and retailers setting up alongside its textile makers.
Jaguar Land Rover has supplied the British Army for eight decades. Will it win the race to build the West’s next light mobility vehicle?
JLR’s Defender has hit a roadblock. As unexpected competitors emerge, the carmarker’s contract to supply the next-generation military model is not a done deal.
‘Every country in the world has a Wrexham’: Ryan Reynolds tells Tyler Brûlé what makes a liveable city
On stage at Livex Abu Dhabi, the actor considers what it takes to make a place transform from void to vibrant.
Will the left’s last-minute fightback be enough to keep Lula in power – and the Brazilian far right out?
As Brazil prepares to hold its presidential run-off on Sunday, supporters of the left-wing incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are campaigning with a new sense of urgency.
Katie Zacharia’s first press conference was a trial by fire that burned her out of office
Karoline Leavitt’s successor, a former conservative news commentator and attorney, had a rocky start – and end – to her five-day tenure as Donald Trump’s press secretary.
Dispatch from New Delhi: Monocle in conversation with leaders in aerospace, energy and engineering
Monocle joined Hitachi Energy to discuss how infrastructure and innovation are driving progress in India and across the world.
Catalonia’s exiled separatist leader is likely coming back – but to a fractured movement
Carles Puigdemont will have to reconnect with a Barcelona that looks vastly more fragmented than the one that he left behind when he returns to put the pieces of Catalan independence back together.
