August is prime time for enjoying Britain’s rivers and coastal areas, but not so much this year. Pristine waterways have been polluted with raw sewage, yielding photos of gray-brown sludge and thousands of dead fish killed by toxic waste. It’s a brave person who orders oysters right now. There is nothing new about the twin problems that have been making ...

  In Pakistani politics, nothing gets done by halves. A few weeks ago, one of ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former cabinet ministers, Shahbaz Gill, warned lower-ranking military officers against following “illegal orders” from their superiors. The remarks were taken as an attempt to divide the country’s all-powerful army and Gill was promptly arrested. This, as well as Gill’s subsequent claims ...

  When Democrats pulled ahead of Republicans in broad averages on the generic ballot, I didn’t believe it. We’ve seen many large polling errors in Democrats’ favour in recent years, a 50-50 House vote would defy the historical trend towards the incumbent president’s party facing backlash in the midterms, and Joe Biden’s low approval ratings seem inconsistent with Democrats doing ...