108 results for threatened

2 January 2017

We ask what 2017 has in store and get the latest on the hunt for the gunman who attacked a nightclub in Istanbul. Plus: what is it like to be threatened with diplomatic expulsion?

26 May 2016

​We look​ at the demonstrations that have threatened to paralyse France, ask whether Donald Trump can alter his image and become more presidential, and report from Clerkenwell Design Week. Plus: we hear from our friends at…

28 March 2017

What will happen once Isis militants are driven from Iraq and Syria? We also discuss the seemingly inexorable rise of Italy's Five Star Movement and ask whether the Kremlin feels threatened by Alexei Navalny. Plus: how does…

27 November 2015

Ahead of COP21, beginning next week, we hear from the governor of the Marshall Islands, one of the most ecologically threatened nations in the world. We also get the latest stories from the Asian newspapers. Plus: Monocle’s…

25 August 2018

In the final part of our summer series on global leaders, we profile Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. He campaigned on a promise to modernise India – a task not for the faint of heart – but since taking office his…

15 August 2016

This week China celebrates its Hungry Ghost Festival, an occasion that sees ancestors worshipped and offerings burned to ward off returning spirits. For unsuspecting visitors the annual tradition can be a haunting time. In…

2 October 2015

Argentina’s first-ever presidential debate is due to take place this Sunday but it may go ahead without Daniel Scioli, the front runner in the polls who is backed by current president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The…

18 November 2016

Fintech, or financial technology, has threatened to destabilise Singapore’s weakened bank and finance industries in recent years, yet the nation remains unfazed. The tech-loving country, known for its futuristic “smart…

2 August 2016

As the country with Europe's largest Turkish diaspora, it’s no surprise that Germany has been caught up in the turmoil afflicting its most troublesome ally – but the extent is startling. On Sunday close to 40,000 protestors…

3 March 2016

The Japanese government is eyeing up a new Unesco World Heritage listing for Japan in 2018: it wants the Amami and Ryukyu islands in the far south of the country to be registered as natural assets. Unesco has said that…

1 August 2016

While many are putting plans on ice in London, so far the museum world is shaking off the Brexit gloom with a typically long-sighted shrug. This summer the city has seen the opening of the new Tate Modern extension by…

20 January 2017

The signals that Donald Trump sent out about Japan on the campaign trail last year were mixed to say the least. He called for the country to shoulder even more of the cost of hosting US troops on its soil, suggested that…