The Globalist

From zero to leader in a decade.

An unusually complicated web of existing policy and lobby influences keep governments from forging ahead.

Experts say consumers are still eating too much added sugar each day.

They dominate dietary research and policymaking, making public health adjustments challenging.

The world’s two billion-person nations continue to stick to one time zone each.

How the United States ended up with one of the highest numbers of time zones for a single country.

The world’s largest country has 11 time zones across its hemispheric span.

No longer a prime meridian country, the former empire still reigns with a dozen time zones.

A steep decline from one of the biggest spenders after several bumpy years in global politics.

Being the largest country by land area helps keep Russia one of the world’s big breadbowl economies.