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Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding
Climate Change

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

Aseem Mishra
6 min read
With 0.482 million hectares of farmland under stress, 2.1 million livestock facing fodder and water shortages, milk production declining and Maldhari families beginning to migrate, Kutch’s drought is ...
View of the Mocha port city on the Red Sea coast.
Economy

The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebels

Ibrahim Al-Marashi
6 min read
How a vanished Yemeni coffee monopoly, a shift to water‑hungry qat and a parched countryside helped radicalise the north and reshape global shipping lanes
China opens new Arctic trade route — but obstacles will prevent its wider use
Economy

China opens new Arctic trade route — but obstacles will prevent its wider use

Edward Rhys Jones
4 min read
China’s ‘Polar Silk Road’ gains momentum as Sea Legend launches regular Arctic link to Europe, but ice, costs and geopolitics limit its promise as a true Suez alternative
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