As Australia looks to expand the coal industry at home, it’s also ramping up regional diplomacy aimed at avoiding condemnation by those at the front line of climate change.
Ariadna Estévez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
President Trump’s executive orders are already causing chaos at the US-Mexico border, where 30,000 Haitian asylum-seekers are now trapped in legal limbo. It’s the refugee crisis no one talks about.
Rapid response teams cross farmland in the battle to regain Mosul.
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Franklin Ramírez, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Ecuador
First-round voting confirmed that populist president Rafael Correa’s AP movement is still Ecuador’s most powerful political force. But the right is gaining strength.
Thousands gather to protest against the Romanian government in the streets of Bucharest, February 6th.
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A new attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt drives home the hatred of Islamic State and other some other Muslim groups for the Sufi traditions of inclusiveness and mystical worship.
HMAS Perth was sunk on March 1 1942.
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Sunken World War II warships, the final resting place for thousands of sailors, have been disappearing in Indonesia. But so far there’s been little action taken to ensure their protection.
Merging our intelligence with that of machines has a strong appeal for some.
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Newly recognised genetic populations carry their evolutionary history with them, and the history of their habits. This is why detecting new species is so important.
Is Putin the new power broker in the Middle East?
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Russia has managed to regain, at least in part, its role as a powerful interlocutor in the Middle East, which it lost after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Artist impression of the Trappist-1 System.
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The best of global cinema from Germany to Iran and Vanuatu.
Members of the youth wing of the National Front, Malaysia’s ruling coalition, hold placards during a protest at the North Korea embassy following the murder of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur.
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Can California’s wet weather make earthquakes more likely? Scientists are still learning about what triggers these events. Even human activity can be a culprit.
Megan Clement, The Conversation; Fabrice Rousselot, The Conversation; Stephan Schmidt, The Conversation; Clea Chakraverty, The Conversation y Catesby Holmes, The Conversation
There’s never been greater need for the study of what we don’t know, and why we’re not supposed to know it.
Donald Trump is only the most recent in a long line of US presidents who have overestimated their ability to manage the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Female scientists are often more productive than their male colleagues but much less likely to be recognised for their work.
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Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and across the globe.
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore