After Taliban bans opium, a guilt-racked commander winks at harvest
The case of a war-torn village in eastern Afghanistan shows how the poppy eradication effort can be undermined by dissent and small acts of sympathy.
Day: June 23, 2023
‘Highly unusual’: lost 17th-century portrait of black and white women as equals saved for UK
Exclusive: Unknown artwork was barred from leaving the UK after surfacing at an auction in 2021A painting has been saved for the UK in recognition of its “outstanding significance” for the study of race and gender in 17th-century Britain, it will be an…
Asylum seekers with disabilities ‘abandoned’ in former Essex care home
The site, set up as a standard asylum seeker hotel, has no care workers or nurses there as part of the contractThe Home Office has been accused of abandoning 55 asylum seekers with a range of severe disabilities and life-limiting conditions at a former…
Will US, EU and UK gambit be able to force through 2050 zero emissions target?
Tense negotiations begin at IMO working group to determine shipping’s decarbonisation goals
Check out this $110 million tech campus being built in Lithuania — the largest in Europe
The Tech Zity development is inspired by British renovation projects such as the Battersea Power Station and Tate Modern art gallery.
Tech, Defence, Space: “Most Substantive” Outcomes From PM’s US Visit
Technology cooperation featured prominently in the discussion between India and the US, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra today said, while highlighting the most substantive outcomes of the ongoing state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Macron sets out plans for ecological transition and poverty with RFI
President Emmanuel Macron will discuss ecological transition and the fight against poverty in an interview on Friday on RFI, France 24 and France Info from the Palais Brongniart in Paris, venue of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact.
Friday briefing: Life under an American abortion ban, told through one woman’s tragic story
In today’s newsletter: On the anniversary of Roe v Wade’s overturning, one woman tells her story of being forced to carry a baby to termSign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. A year ago tomorrow, the US supreme court overturn…