World

For the next year, more than 100 people will be across the mountains of central China in search of the endangered animals

Japan’s Lastel Hotel is a hotel exclusively for dead people

Honduras bans motorcycle passengers in an effort to curb drive-by shootings

And rid the city of its iconic giant puddles

Why the economy matters more than Islam

His well-documented health problems pale in comparison to an intensifying corruption scandal centred on his son-in-law

Sixteen years after the Dayton accords, Bosnia remains a failed state—with no will to set things right

Kim Jong Il’s death may allow Koreans to stir from the nightmare, but it won’t end it

Senior officials are caught on tape making fun of female soldiers

Accused of being disengaged, Obama is now taking the battle to the Republicans