IN FOCUS

The four-day workweek: the future of work?

Thousands of UK workers join a six-month trial to test the viability of the four-day workweek

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Colombia’s historic left turn

Gustavo Petro becomes country’s first leftist president, and Francia Márquez its first female and Afro-Colombian vice-president

Ecuador: protests over or only on hold?

Negotiations bring uneasy truce after more than two weeks of protests but divisions remain

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘People are tired of the long hegemony of political elites who are also economic elites’

Wanted: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The next High Commissioner must be a global rights champion who stands up to authoritarian states

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Failure to address torture of political prisoners should trigger a review of trade deals’

‘No free and fair election can take place in the current political environment’

‘The future of work requires a shift away from a focus on time’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Sudan: military needs to make way for democracy

Small recent concessions granted by military government shouldn’t appease international community

‘We are back to the situation that preceded the revolution; the old regime is back’