Taxing times for HMRC

The topic of who should pay tax and at what rates has been argued long and loud in Britain over Continue reading →

Manila’s child jail hell

Children imprisoned in the Philippines are detained in squalid conditions, often dozens to a cell, leaving them at risk of Continue reading →

Looking for a new politics in Japan

After almost five decades under the same party, Japan is poised for what opinion polls say could be a seismic Continue reading →

America chooses

The most powerful country on earth will select its next president in just four months’ time. The race looks set Continue reading →

South Africa mourns mine deaths

South African officials have been holding talks with management and workers at the Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine, where 44 people Continue reading →

The fight for Aleppo

The former head of the UN observer mission in Syria says it is only a matter of time until President Continue reading →

Six more years as Chavez wins again

Hugo Chavez has won a fourth term of office, greeting his re-election as ‘a perfect victory’. Tens of thousands of Continue reading →

Final forests? Logging in the Solomons

It’s a crisis on an alarming scale. Logging on the Solomon Islands has resulted in trees cut down at four Continue reading →