There are place names which are etched in our collective memory – and must never be allowed to be carelessly thrown into the dustbin of development history. We have just witnessed an act of disregard for Singapore’s heritage. The...
By Marc PRÉEL
The United States has joined an annual list of "backsliding" democracies for the first time, the International IDEA think-tank said on Monday, pointing to a "visible deterioration" it said began in 2019.Globally, more than one in four...
By Nina LARSON
The world could see the Covid pandemic begin fading next year into an endemic disease like others humanity lives with, unless glaring inequality in vaccine access drags it out and worse variants emerge. Even as countries scramble...
