China is sinking billions into energy development in rural Pakistan, much of it earmarked for renewables. That may be good for the climate and the national economy, but what about the locals?
What’s the meme war all about?
Star Wars Memes/Facebook
The term "meme" was coined in 1976. Today, these cultural artefacts have gone viral, and are redrawing the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.
In the current commercial space race, the idea of reusing rockets is gaining momentum.
Disney’s retrograde princesses have seen some improvements in recent years, but they still send mixed messages about what female leadership looks like.
JLinsky/flickr
Carol Mann, Université Paris 8 – Vincennes Saint-Denis
The versatile, controversial piece of clothing has come to symbolise both the oppression of women and their empowerment.
This wood tower on Bikeman islet, in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, used to be on the sand. Now it’s in the water. Further out, locals fish.
David Gray/Reuters
A new study finds that even in best-case scenarios, the fishing communities most hurt by climate change are on small island nations such as Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and the Maldives.
A boy jumps from a water pipe into a canal as temperatures soar in New Delhi. Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for India’s capital.
Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
How is a country that was once South America's richest now on the verge of bankruptcy? A Venezuelan economist breaks down his country's descent into chaos.
Migrants arrive at the Austrian-German border near Passau, October 2015.
Michaela Rehle/REUTERS
G20 meetings are usually bland, tightly-scripted affairs. Donald Trump has changed all of that with his retrenchment on climate change, free trade and internationalism.
Mothers are revered in Southeast Asia. But, when it comes to extremism, might they also be part of the problem?
Olivia Harris/Reuters
Dire dystopian predictions aside, the real danger of artificial intelligence is not the notorious "AI singularity" but job loss and misuse by malevolent people.
Those who’ve stayed in Venezuela are there to fight.
Hugo Londoño/flickr
As democracy unravels and hunger spreads, Venezuelan youth must decide whether to join the resistance or build their lives abroad.
Much of Miami rallied behind the US president in reinstating the Cuban embargo. Reactions on the island have been predictably less enthusiastic.
Bernie Woodall/Reuters
Ramón I. Centeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Trump's revamped old policy could have a paradoxical effect on Cuba, seriously damaging the country’s economy while actually galvanising its political system.
Trinidad’s semi-professional cricket, long a feeder for Caribbean cricketers to play broad, has lost of its lustre.
Tom Hodgkinson/flickr
Demilitarised female guerrillas in Colombia are hoping to spark a new women's movement based in the FARC's revolutionary ideals.
The “Door of Europe” monument, which commemorates migrants who died on their journey, is seen on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
India has gone further than any other country in legislating for corporate social responsibility. But the law should be redrafted to enhance precision and stakeholder orientation.
The Bronx River will never be the way it used to be, but it sure looks a lot better today than it did 20 years ago.
RickShaw/flickr
