Renewables

The Red Wall of China: Western Entanglement Overlooks China’s Strategy

While Europe pours resources into Ukraine and America threatens Iran, China quietly adds 100 nuclear warheads yearly and floods global markets.

Renewable Riches, Local Poverty: Africa’s New Resource Rush

Behind Europe's gleaming renewable projects in North Africa lies a troubling pattern: taking water from thirsty lands to fuel distant green ambitions.

New Zealand Goes Green: Blockchain in Agriculture

Blockchain technology is taking New Zealand by storm as the latest green technology in New Zealand's primary sector: agriculture.

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LVMH, War and the Luxury of Trees

As war dents luxury sales and Europe's tree cover grows more unequal, an old truth is returning: comfort is becoming easier to buy than to share.

UAE Quits OPEC to Define New Energy Order

After missile strikes on Gulf ports and thousands of flight cancellations, the UAE's exit from OPEC shatters the old oil order, exposing a ruthless energy future.

After the Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting, Trump Changes Tone

After gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, Donald Trump responded with less fury than after earlier political attacks, and that change matters.

West Overlooks Russian Grain and Borders in Ukraine

As stolen grain enters Israeli docks and Berlin hints at regional trade-offs, a quiet consensus forms around the permanence of Russia's seized Ukrainian areas.

Deraa First Trial Puts Syrian Justice on the Stand

This week's public trial of Atef Najib returned Deraa to the centre of Syrian politics, with the first courtroom reckoning for the crackdown that helped ignite the uprising.