| All of Britain's messy politics go on display in one little by-election Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:32 PM PDT ![All of Britain's messy politics go on display in one little by-election]( "All of Britain's messy politics go on display in one little by-election") In his blue suit and silvering hair, Mike Greene looks at home on the cathedral square in this English city where he grew up. Squint at his blue rosette as he shakes hands with voters and you might think this self-made millionaire and first-time candidate is stumping for the center-right Conservative Party, the party of Margaret Thatcher. On Thursday, the party came within a whisker of taking Peterborough, a bellwether of national politics, from the opposition Labour Party.
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| American University in Kabul: Wielding soft power, in an age of war Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:21 PM PDT ![American University in Kabul: Wielding soft power, in an age of war]( "American University in Kabul: Wielding soft power, in an age of war") After gunmen stormed the American University of Afghanistan campus one night in August 2016, Mohammad Anil Qasemi found himself on a second-story window ledge, ready to jump. The AUAF student never had the chance: An attacker tossed a grenade, and the explosion threw Mr. Qasemi to the ground with a shrapnel wound to the head and a multitude of broken bones. Mr. Qasemi survived, first outwitting Taliban insurgents who searched three times for him that night, and later enduring seven surgeries.
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| When rules are not enough to curb corruption Posted: 07 Jun 2019 11:27 AM PDT ![When rules are not enough to curb corruption]( "When rules are not enough to curb corruption") In global rankings of the least-corrupt countries, much of Europe has long stood out, especially in the Nordic nations. Punishment alone, concluded a Transparency International report last year, can seldom motivate people to be proactive in preventing corruption. To detect corruption, the report states, people who know about it must take action and cooperate with authorities.
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| Sharing your favorite food with the world isn’t easy. Ask Ethiopia. Posted: 07 Jun 2019 11:19 AM PDT ![Sharing your favorite food with the world isn't easy. Ask Ethiopia.]( "Sharing your favorite food with the world isn't easy. Ask Ethiopia.") Inside, dozens of cartons are loaded with injera, the spongy, sour, pancake-like bread that is the foundation of Ethiopian cuisine. Every week, the Mama Fresh factory exports more than 20,000 pieces of its pillowy injera. It is a testament not only to the wingspan of Ethiopia's vast diaspora and equally vast culinary empire, but also to the preciousness of the bread's foundational ingredient: teff.
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