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Participants in the latest organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections in Malaysia will face a repressive state apparatus as well as an intimidating counter-movement known as Red Shirts.
A stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership opens the way for China, which was excluded from the agreement, to assume leadership in regional economic integration efforts in the Asia-Pacific.
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye may be about to become the first national leader to be questioned by prosecutors while still in office.
The countries ripped apart by the Yugoslav wars have seen this kind of nationalism before.
There are good reasons why ‘negative data’ and wrong hypotheses should be made available to everyone.
The burden of an ageing population on health systems is only going to grow, in both rich and poor countries.
Job prospects are not good for newly arrived refugees in Sweden. But better integration programmes will help.
Before the United States kicks out millions of Mexicans, perhaps Trump – and we – should ask whether Latino deportees are really criminals, and consider the origins of that errant notion.
Is the election of Donald Trump going to reignite a futile war between science and anti-science?
If Beijing can bring its neighbours to accept its regional leadership, China would have successfully achieved a dramatic reduction of US influence.
A mysterious papyrus said to come from the Judaen Desert could be the first to reveal the name of Jerusalem.
From Iran and the relationship with Russia to global trade, many questions remain on how Donald Trump will shape his foreign policy.
Diplomacy between Europe and Trump’s administration will be tricky, but not impossible.
Human trafficking is a growing problem in Indonesia and, despite support from regional neighbours, the country isn’t making much progress.
The African continent appears to have the most remarkable potential for growth and transformation, but can it be sustainable?
Even though three women have recently been appointed to powerful positions in Japanese politics, gender parity in the country is a long way off.
Are music bans in India and Pakistan an appropriation of art and performances by nationalist imperatives?
Western science is “discovering” the medical potential of ayahuasca, which Amazonian indigenous groups have used ritualistically for centuries.
Trump’s promises to build a wall have caused anxiety in Mexico – but the country has its own conflicting policies on migration from Central America.
India’s experiment with bio-toilets could change the way we dispose of our waste and help our rivers.
The Paris Agreement is in place, but there’s still much to lose for the least developed countries.
The world braces for Donald Trump’s brand of` trade protectionism, which will send shockwaves through the global economy.
Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail was toxic. His victory means women will suffer the fallout.
Donald J Trump has emerged victorious in the historic, and historically acerbic, 2016 American presidential election. What does this outcome mean for the world?