Associate Editor of the Independent.

Associate Editor of the Independent.

A near-deserted Regent Street is pictured in London on Boxing Day, December 26, 2020, as Londoners continue to live under Tier 4 lockdown restrictions. File/Tribune News Service

One positive to emerge from the health crisis is our desire to reconnect with nature. Through bushcraft, families can learn skills and engage with the outside world during lockdown. I’m an explorer and TV survivalist who, like many readers, is sitting at home trying to make

After the pandemic forced the closure of gyms last year, I was one of the many people who decided that it was the perfect opportunity to start running for my mental health. As Bella Mackie’s influential book Jog On proves, running can help to

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on humanity. It has affected all spheres of activity including economic. But despite pressing times the UAE stands tall (“UAE leads as most competitive emerging market in GCC,” Feb. 9, Gulf Today).

Will there be hugs, handshakes and high-fives in a post-pandemic world? Read on to see what the experts have to say.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet released the report on the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang. It took four years to prepare because China did not allow the UN team to visit Xinjiang until May 2018 when Bachelet visited the province. The conclusion that Bachelet reached in the report

This summer is yet another marked by wildfire in California. Blazes have ignited throughout the state, including a deadly one that exploded near the Oregon border in late July. The fall is likely to be worse.

The summer of 2022 will go down on record with an unprecedented number of flight delays and cancellations. Few travelers have been spared from the air travel chaos, with everyone’s patience pushed to the edge. Airlines have confessed to flight crew shortages that conflicted with the need for more flights to meet surging travel demand.

The world, we are often told, is now defined by great power competition, where states like China and Russia are either seeking to overthrow the so-called rules-based international order or stealthily working within the system to change it to their benefit. The Biden administration’s foreign policy strategy is prefaced in large measure