On the equator, a continent bets on its own power grid
A network of solar and wind projects is being stitched together across a dozen states — an attempt to leap past a century of infrastructure.
Section
World
Dispatches, analysis and reporting from every continent — the forces shaping how nations live, trade and disagree.
Africa
The port city that became a diplomatic crossroads
Trade, migration and money now pass through a single harbour.
AsiaAgeing societies rewrite the meaning of growth
When the workforce shrinks, every assumption is up for revision.
AmericasAlong one border, two economies quietly merge
Politics says separation; commerce says otherwise.
EuropeThe referendum that no one expected to matter
A local vote with continental consequences.
OceaniaRising seas turn a nation into a negotiator
Survival has become a foreign-policy strategy.
GlobalThe quiet diplomacy of scientists and engineers
Where governments stall, technical bodies keep talking.