Always With Honor
Americas
Ahead of the Copenhagen summit, diplomats unite to rally American support for tougher environmental policy. Plus, Brazil's ambitious rail plans and population changes in North Dakota and Florida.
Oceania
Why did the Samoan cross the road? (It’s all in the name of regional harmony), Australia and New Zealand drop their guards and rock’n’roll rescues aboriginal languages.
Americas
Colombian president Álvaro Uribe’s motorcade. Plus, the US launches its first national tourism organisation, Uruguay gears up for elections and São Paulo’s drivers get a respite from traffic jams.
Africa/Middle East
Iraq lures tourists with romantic nights in Saddam Hussein’s palace. Elsewhere, Lebanon restores a Jewish landmark and Botswana’s presidential elections get under way (though the job is likely in the bag).
Europe
The Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and his nightclub-bouncer style, why the French are busy making babies and the Italians are busy doing nothing.
Business
Why the Russians just Yandex it, how a row is brewing in Australia over books and the new approach to wealth management for Saudi businesswomen
Defence
The Indian Navy has launched its first domestically developed nuclear submarine, but faces criticism of another procurement programme. Meanwhile, the arms race in the Korean peninsula is heating up.
Asia
South Korea employs a German-born TV celebrity for an image overhaul, Shanghai starts “digging for China” and Japan pioneers a less gory method of conducting autopsies. A round-up of stories from across Asia.
Talk of the town
From a Beijing air-quality expert to an Italian architect, these urban planning visionaries have ideas with the potential to transform our urban world – and soon.
Africa/Middle East
Ouagadougou is spruced up by an army of low-cost cleaners, Congo's governor gets to work on a failing region, plus Abu Dhabi's new transport system.
