India is trying to clean up its water. But in arid, industrial Gujarat state, it will take a long time – and many more protections – for rivers and lakes to recover from decades of heavy pollution.
A rally protests against a new law that could force the Soros-founded Central European University out of Hungary.
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The Central European University will challenge a law just passed by the Hungarian parliament that could force the closure of the school founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
The best chance South Africa has of recovering from sub-investment grade credit rating status is to have leaders who are prepared to break rank with the small-mindedness of the ruling party.
Estonia is all about digital governance.
Brian Yeung
There is something troubling in the thought of people being made to aspire to heights that are literally beyond their reach.
The Merkez mosque in the Kreuzberg neighbourhood of Berlin is run by Turkey’s Dinayet agency, like 900 other mosques in Germany.
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The religious arm of Turkey’s government, Dinayet, has European authorities up in arms after leaked documents suggested the agency was engaged in international espionage.
In Africa a study shows stark differences between perceptions of justice among the rich and poor.
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The Pope hasn’t actually opened the door for married priests. But in rethinking celibacy, he has shown his mastery of the art of containing people without actually making big changes to the Church.
Activists form a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against AIDS in Russia, 2010.
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Peter Meylakhs, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics ; Yadviga Sinyavskaya, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics y Yuri Rykov, Russian National Research University The Higher School of Economics
In Russia, social networks have given a new life to the conspiracy theory that HIV-AIDS is a global hoax.
After decades of sustainability initiatives, key environmental indicators keep getting worse.
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Why, after decades of international agreements, are we still damaging the environment? New research, looking at dozens of unsuccessful policies, has uncovered the basic elements of failure.
Hydrothermal pool in the Dallol hot springs, Danakil Depression.
Barbara Cavalazzi, Geologist - Europlanet expedition 2017
A study is being done in Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression - a natural environment like no other on earth - to understand how microbes thrive in extreme environments such as those found on Mars.
A 2013 election poster of current Armenian president, Serzh Sargsyan. Will the country’s transition into a parliamentary system reinforce his power or lead to a totally new government?
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Mikayel Zolyan, Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Armenia’s upcoming election should advance the country’s transition from presidential to parliamentary system. But President Serzh Sargsyan may have a hidden agenda to retain power beyond his term’s end.
People pass posters of Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic, in Novi Sad, Serbia March 18, 2017.
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Beyond her own personal humiliation, the ramifications of Park’s fall are already reverberating from domestic South Korean politics into the fraught geopolitics of Northeast Asia.
A potential anti-ageing drug is likely to be more effective at maintaining health than extending lifespan.
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The true promise of ageing research is that rather than tackling individual diseases one at a time, a single drug to treat ageing would treat all of the diseases that arise in old age, at once.
A tiny Choerophryne frog from the Foja Mountains in New Guinea. This one is a calling male.
Tim Laman
Tiny frogs that have spread across New Guinea’s isolated mountains could face an uncertain future if a warming climate pushes them higher up the peaks.
Money to protect the rights of African women has been in short supply.
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African countries are bound by continental law to put aside funds for the protection of women’s rights, but very few have managed to put their gender-budgeting guidelines into practice
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore