A cross-border river cleanup is quietly becoming a model for cooperation between rival neighbours
Serious· 1 min read
Sometimes the thing that gets people to talk isn't a summit. It's a shared mess downstream that neither side can fix alone.
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Unpopular travel opinion: the best meal of any trip is the one at a supermarket at 11pm
Discussion· 1 min read
Wandering a foreign supermarket tells you more about a culture than any tour. The snacks! The mystery dairy aisle!
Why does every country's government website look like it was built in a different decade?
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A world tour of public-service web design
From Estonia's slick digital state to portals that still demand Internet Explorer.
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The sound that instantly tells you you're home — what is it where you live?
Discussion· 1 min read
For me it's the 6am rice-vendor loudspeaker on a motorbike. I complained about it for years. Now I'd miss it terribly.