Dispatches

The city has been chosen to host the 2022 Gay Games. But not everyone is happy

Lending out your dog, says Edward McBride, The Economist’s Asia editor, brings relief to you, your pooch and your furniture

It may be a cold-war relic, but the National Airborne Operations Centre, which flies the US defence secretary around the world, is still going strong. Our correspondent witnessed the extraordinary sight of a mid-air refuelling

Having to choose from a limited number of holiday destinations can be strangely liberating

A project is helping to remind Britons that multi-racial, multi-faith armies fought to preserve their freedoms

Talking to ageing Southerners about their lives means talking about race

The internet is opening up the world to young Congolese. But there’s only so much you can do online

If you want to understand how China is changing, look at the boom in running 

In Colombia, Latin America’s most unequal country, getting braces is a way to climb up the social ladder

Talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger about Trump leaves our correspondent pondering “what if?”