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Capital punishment: Colombia’s new right-wing leader is turning his back on Bogotá
Colombia is the latest country to fall under the spell of Donald Trump-style populism. Can incoming presidential firebrand Abelardo de la Espriella fix the nation’s fiscal and internecine struggles?
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Exclusive: Albania’s prime minister on the tourism backlash in the face of Trump resort plans
Albania has caught the eye of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. We meet prime minister Edi Rama as he attempts to head off protests against plans for a new kind of luxury tourism.
Once the US’s kitschy capital in decline, Portland is bouncing back
After voting to professionalise the Oregon city’s government in 2022, Portlanders are reinvesting in the city with new shops, restaurants and cultural venues.
Seventy and soaring: Singapore is helping its older citizens age well by teaching them parkour
Countries with ageing populations are busily searching for ways to help their people age gracefully. Singapore has a plan in place that’s proceeding in leaps and bounds.
Why Copenhagen’s design culture is central to its high quality of life
Copenhagen consistently ranks highly on Monocle’s annual Quality of Life survey. The listing appears in our out-now July/August issue, in which the Danish capital comes in second place. Key to its success as a liveable city…
Amid sanctions, strikes and economic stagnation, life goes on in Russia’s resort city of Sochi
The once glamorous Russian Riviera is looking worse for wear. But as the country contends with a faltering economy and drone attacks in its war with Ukraine, many Russians are carrying on.
One drug-smuggling scandal shouldn’t bring down brand Thailand
Thailand’s outdated reputation as a haven for criminal drug networks has reared its ugly head again thanks to the poor judgement of one Thai Airways cabin crewmember. But isn’t it all a little overblown?
The world’s biggest architects have given ‘ugly’ Milan an urban makeover. Is it enough?
The Lombard capital’s bold ambition to host various urban centres where locals can live, work and thrive is shaping up nicely.
Listen up! For cities to thrive, they need to sound as good as they look
Noise pollution in urban environments is on the rise but better acoustic planning could help to silence the issue.
‘It’s so tempting to cover Trump like a cartoon character’: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s new book exposes an imperial presidency
‘Regime Change’ pulls from more than 1,000 interviews to detail how the US government operates under president Donald Trump.
