The bloodiest war in the world last year was not fought in Ukraine, but in Ethiopia. Despite decades of auto-industry dominance, it's a race that Japanese car makers are clearly losing. Harry Belafonte risked his career to campaign for civil rights. We pay tribute to the King of Calypso.
Climate change is stirring up internecine conflicts, criminality is making them longer, and cross-border contagion is complicating matters further. We explain why civil wars are so hard to resolve. Japanese carmakers’ dominance of the automobile industry could be at risk if they don’t catch up in the race for EVs. And, a tribute to musician and civil-rights campaigner, Harry Belafonte.
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