Explainer

After two weeks of intense climate negotiations, here’s where progress was made—and where negotiations fell short.

Militants are attacking minorities and outsiders in pursuit of demographic hegemony.

Now that all the major U.S. platforms have left the country, what does the world’s largest social media market look like?

Environmental disasters are rapidly engulfing the world. Can bureaucracy meet their pace?

With China out, there’s little investment left for global coal projects.

A yearslong diplomatic dispute between China and the West has finally ended.

One part Brexit and one part coronavirus have derailed Britain’s transportation system—and given the government a huge headache.

Contentious coalition talks mean German Chancellor Angela Merkel could remain in her post for months to come.

Probably not. But after a year of stalemate, even old faces are better than none.

A coup in Guinea, one of the world’s top bauxite producers, has spooked an already jittery market.

The future is bleak—unless policymakers take aggressive actions now to cut global emissions.

Pyongyang faces a looming catastrophe but is in no hurry to vaccinate its people.