Coal helps poor families stave off hunger. But it could kill in the longer run and worsen the climate crisis. The programme Insight examines the costs that India, home to the world’s largest coal producer, must weigh.

The US embraced China to counter the Soviet military threat during the Cold War, but a comparable strategy has now brought China and Russia together, says an American economist.

People Power Party’s Yoon Seok-yeol is pulling ahead in the polls compared to Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung as voters seek a change of power and political culture, says Steven Borowiec.