Business, Economics and Jobs

September 16, 2019

San Piero Patti, a picturesque, Sicilian town of less than 3,000 people, is taking extreme measures to try and bring new life to the region — including selling some of its abandoned houses for less than a shot of espresso. But will it work?

What do attacks on Saudi oil facilities mean for US-Saudi relations?

PRI's The World

September 16, 2019

Saudi Arabia was, for decades, the world's largest oil producer. This disruption is the biggest supply shock in absolute terms in the last five decades and has important repercussions for US-Saudi relations.

Colombian farmers combine agriculture, ecology to solve economic, health woes

GlobalPost

September 11, 2019

Carlos Osorio has an honorary degree in agroecology from the University of California, Berkeley, and uses his farm to train a new generation of local farmers — and bring city-slicker Colombians and foreign visitors to the farm to tell his story and reconnect them to the land.

Protest

Puerto Rico’s new land-use zoning map strikes a nerve with fed-up citizens

PRI's The World

September 06, 2019

The proposed map could potentially speed up the development of — and radically transform — popular natural landscapes and historically protected urban architecture. It was rolled out in the midst of an unprecedented political uprising, which might have doomed the proposal to obscurity. Instead, it struck a nerve.

Hong Kong leader says she would quit if she could

PRI's The World

September 03, 2019

Hong Kong leader says she would quit if she could and fears her ability to resolve the crisis is now "very limited."

Environment

The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink

PRI's The World

September 03, 2019

Up and down the Mississippi River, new pressures are being put on America’s inland hydro highway, which helps deliver US goods and commodities to the rest of the world and allows trade flows to return. The strain on the river system is only becoming more acute with the impacts of climate change.

Energy

How Japan keeps its cool when temps are high

PRI's The World

August 29, 2019

At a recent uchimizu event at the Higo-Hosokawa Garden, participants in lightweight kimonos used wooden ladles to spray water in long arcs that caught the late-afternoon light.

Politics

'A very British coup:' British PM to suspend Parliament before Brexit

Reuters

August 28, 2019

In his boldest move yet to deliver Brexit with or without a divorce deal, Boris Johnson set Oct 14 for the Queen's Speech. The queen agreed to the date, effectively shutting parliament for around a month starting mid-September.

Conflict & Justice

They were CIA-backed Chinese rebels. Now you’re invited to their once-secret hideaway.

PRI's The World

August 28, 2019

Former CIA-backed guerrillas — rivals of Chairman Mao Zedong — are now embracing the tourism industry, years after setting up the arteries and networks that sustain the Golden Triangle drug trade to this day.