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“... the ‘Ocean’: it was filled with slime. The houses nearby were said to be of ‘a wretched class, many being mere hovels in a ruinous condition, filthy in the extreme, and containing vast accumulations of garbage and offal’. The wells were contaminated. The risk of cholera was high.In 1845, average life expectancy in the area was 11 years and 7 ...”

“... was a clear sign of what’s gone wrong with the political order since the end of the civil war in 2006, the absorption of the Maoist insurgents into the mainstream and the abolition of the monarchy in 2008. Since 2015, the leaders of three supposedly rival parties – Sher Bahadur Deuba (Congress), K.P. Oli (CPN-UML) and Prachanda (CPN-Maoist ...”

“... cost the equivalent of $24.Refugees who can afford it currently pay thousands of dollars to escape war zones and make the uncertain journey to a place of greater safety in Europe. In the future, perhaps some of them will be able to travel by drone: they will not then have to make extraordinarily dangerous trips across the desert and sea; they will not be ...”

“... and talked about the difficulties facing Bosniaks who returned to Republika Srpska after the war. Heavy rain was falling. The River Sana was seeping over its banks. Dark brown water swirled around the wooden stilts that supported a two-storey house beside the river. 'I've never seen it like this,' Sudbin said. 'Nobody, not the government, has done ...”

“... For most of the Cold War, Brazil was held tight in the US orbit, and its military dictators were instrumental in setting up pro-US coup franchises throughout Latin America. In March 1960, however, when Jânio Quadros was running for president, he visited Havana. The following year, after winning the election, Quadros awarded Che Guevara the Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil’s highest honour ...”