THE CONTINENTAL
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When the world learns to look away, peace becomes an act of courage
From the devastation of war to the language of diplomacy, this edition asks what responsibility remains when suffering becomes routine.
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World & Diplomacy
Diplomacy faces its hardest test where civilians have the least protection
The demand for humanitarian access and restraint.
Trump, trade and the unpredictable direction of American power
The international consequences of Washington's economic choices.
The people behind the casualty figures
Why the suffering of civilians cannot become background noise.
What the IMF outlook reveals about a fragile recovery
Growth forecasts coexist with significant downside risks.
Glamour & Culture
Kim Kardashian and the art of commanding the red carpet
Fashion, celebrity entrepreneurship and the spectacle of public attention: a look at the image-making that has made Kardashian a global cultural force.
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Sydney Sweeney: fame, ambition and a career under scrutiny
An actress negotiating the boundaries of celebrity and craft.
The economics of glamour
Why one appearance can become a global marketing event.
When public curiosity becomes an invasion of privacy
The distinction between verified reporting and gossip.
How the celebrity image is manufactured
Stylists, photographers and the machinery behind the moment.
Continental Sport
Ronaldo and the season that became a benchmark
The enduring reputation of his 2008 Ballon d'Or campaign.
The Ballon d'Or and football's changing hierarchy
Individual excellence in a team game.
Modern cricket's battle between spectacle and endurance
How the sport's formats are changing its priorities.
The relentless demands of the tennis calendar
What elite competition asks of the modern athlete.
India & Jammu
Administrative changes bring fresh questions of delivery and accountability
For citizens, the test of governance is what improves on the ground.
Neha Bora and the debate over electoral institutions
Political allegations, public protest and the need for evidence.
India's sex workers and the struggle for dignity
Lives too often reduced to stigma instead of rights, health and livelihoods.
Bhopal: a catastrophe whose lessons remain urgent
Industrial safety, corporate accountability and the long afterlife of disaster.
Letters from the Periphery
When the world learns to look away, peace becomes an act of courage
An argument for restoring moral attention to the people who bear the greatest burden of war, displacement and political indifference.
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The Literary World
The God of Small Things: a novel that refuses to let history stay private
Arundhati Roy's celebrated fiction, revisited by the Editorial Desk.
Why literature still matters in an age of distraction
The slow, difficult work of paying attention.