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District nursing
Chadchart Sittipunt, Bangkok’s visionary governor, is using his position to root out corruption and clean up the Thai capital.
Affairs
Hannah Lucinda Smith visits Turkish cities recently devastated by powerful earthquakes – a catastrophe made even worse by corrupt, shoddy construction.
Fork in the road
In Rio's working-class neighbourhoods, weekly samba nights reveal Brazil's deep political divide as voters prepare to choose between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger Lula.
The Comment
As Sri Lankans mark the country’s new year, protesters are campaigning for a fresh start.
The second coming
At 93, Mahathir Mohamad returns as Malaysia's prime minister — older than Reagan's presidency, Thatcher's tenure and Diana's legend. His improbable comeback carries the weight of a nation's unfinished business.
Critical crossroads
A hard-won peace, falling crime and growing foreign investment are reasons to be optimistic about Colombia – but the age-old problems of inequality, corruption and coca production refuse to go away.
Cometh the hour
Still basking in the warm afterglow of April’s peaceful revolution, Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan knows the hard work starts now. Can he deliver what his people expect?
Social skills
Lebanon may be struggling with corruption and subject to foreign interference but the positivity and creativity of its populace are helping it to move forward.
Lion’s den
Despite its athletes, writers and conservation efforts winning international acclaim, Kenya’s divisions, corruption and poverty gap are curbing its potential.
Plante life
Montréal’s first woman mayor is using the city’s economic upswing to drive socially minded change. But only months into the job she’s found herself in storms of protest – and deep snow.
