For many Asian electronics component suppliers, India is no longer unfamiliar territory. Sales teams visit regularly. Distributors are appointed. Memorandums are signed. Yet a familiar frustration per...
In late November 2025, debt-related products distributed through the Zhejiang Financial Assets Exchange Center entered default. More than 15,000 onshore investors were affected, impacting approximatel...
India’s launch of the e-B-4 “Production Investment Business Visa” for Chinese nationals, effective January 1, allows stays of up to six months, with processing times of around 50 days. The visa’s timi...
In late December, Tehran’s bazaar merchants began protesting against Iran’s theocratic rulers over the sharp collapse of the currency. These protests quickly spread nationwide, although the level of p...
Kevin Rudd’s premature departure in March from his post of Australia’s ambassador to the United States is a surprise, but perhaps not as unexpected as it might initially appear. Rudd’s term had anothe...
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s fixer, has entered the Iran mess and is now talking to Iran’s leaders. This is a very bad sign for the Iranian revolution, because Witkoff’s approach is to fix “proble...
Days of protest across Iran have left hundreds dead and many more injured. Attempts by Iranian authorities to quell dissent through a near-total internet blackout point to the pivotal role of social m...
The US is saber-rattling over Greenland once again. The vast island’s natural resources are back on the agenda, a year after then-US national security advisor Michael Waltz announced: “This is about c...
‘The ways we express queerness might be more poetic and less obvious’: We speak with the team behind Deviant Ornaments, a new exhibition which brings together decorative art, textiles, and futuristic ...
There’s plenty to be excited about in 2026: the year’s blockbuster exhibitions include a Sophie Calle survey at Louisiana and Edward Enninful’s curation of the 90s
From butter-yellow lips to cybersigil brows, the London-based MUA approaches beauty as a tool for self-realisation
From MF Doom’s fabled legions of impostors to Dean Blunt’s bodyguard accepting his NME award, we look back at the times artists duped the world with doppelgängers
Featuring Bella Hadid as Marie Antoinette, Lakeith Stanfield in new Dior, and Bear Grylls’ son in a Burberry campaign
In an era where listening to music largely happens via streaming services, in-person listening parties offer an alternative which demands our time and attention – and fosters community in the process
The internet it-girl reveals her favourite products, scents, and routines from this year
