Travel
EUROPE
Britain Rejoins Erasmus: Student Exchange Faces the Screen Generation
The UK's decision to rejoin Erasmus+ in 2027 turns an old symbol of mobility into a test of what learning abroad still means in a hyper-connected age.
LIFESTYLE
GoVolta €10 Amsterdam-Berlin Route: Promising Start, Limited Scale
Cheap tickets and glossy promises suggest Europe's trains can finally take on planes, yet the realities of infrastructure, price and time tell a more complicated story.
WORLD
Thailand-Cambodia Fighting Raises Questions for Winter Travellers
Airstrikes on the Thai-Cambodian border look alarming from afar, yet tourism ads still show turquoise bays. How should travellers read this contradiction?
BUSINESS
Healthy Competition: A New Challenger to the Gulf’s Aviation Titans
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Air is throwing a dose of healthy competition in the Gulf’s aviation “Big Three”: Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad.
EUROPE
Investment in Southern Europe’s Rural TownsÂ
Southern Europe’s ghost villages, with their cultural heritage and natural beauty, are drawing investor interest as hubs for sustainable tourism and revitalisation, but challenges like bureaucracy and preserving historical integrity underscore the need for eco-conscious development.
Popular
Mali is Haunting Macron’s Africa Reset
Mali remains the clearest proof that France lost military influence in the Sahel without stability replacing it, and every new battle there undercuts Macron's narrative of a fresh start.
Israel’s Eisenkot Rises As Polling Wars Rage
As distrust in pollsters grows across Israel, October's election pits Netanyahu against a fast-rising Gadi Eisenkot in an unusually open race.
Burna Boy Brings Nigerian Pop to Europe’s Biggest Stage
Burna Boy's World Cup moment shows Nigerian pop is no longer a niche import in Europe but part of the sound of mainstream public culture, whatever one thinks of its aesthetics.
Why Ending Homelessness May Elude Burnham’s Government
Andy Burnham enters Downing Street pledging to end rough sleeping, importing Finland's acclaimed housing formula into a far larger and costlier national crisis.
France, Germany Seek Software Success After Jet Failure
Paris and Berlin want a European answer to Palantir's battlefield software, months after their own jet programme collapsed under the same old rivalries.
