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Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.
Local people in India are supposed to be protected by progressive laws. But the reality is a far cry from that.
A more democratic internet is possible via personal and community networking. Find out how to build your own connection to the world.
India’s economy keeps growing, but women’s rights are going backwards: why?
Obama managed to build stronger rapport with many countries in Southeast Asia,but lacked foreign policy initiatives. China neatly plugged that gap.
Trump is not a disease that befell the United States, he’s a symptom of a potentially severe illness. Recovering American democracy will take quite some time.
Can Hillary Clinton, as a woman president, make a difference to Egyptian women? Her former views on democratisation in Egypt leave doubt int the minds of local observers.
Meet Bhokal, who has already lost so much due to environmental disasters, and who needs the Paris agreement to be a success.
Famously freewheeling – but also violent and unequal – Rio de Janeiro has elected a right-wing former pentecostal bishop as mayor. What’s at stake for this ‘gay, black and tolerant’ Brazilian city?
Security and economic interests, in the guise of the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership (seven of which hail from the Asia-Pacific), are causing anxiety among US friends and allies.
People with anosmia have no sense of smell, and there is no cure for the condition.
The Paris agreement may be in force, but that doesn’t mean the world agrees on climate change.
Donald Trump is wrong: the US election can’t be rigged. But it’s a different story in Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Gabon and Mexico.
Insights from psychology, neuroscience, economics and political science on how the incoming president might move people from the extreme right or left of the political spectrum to a sociable centre.
Experts agree that a new era for climate policy here. But the hard work starts now.
By denying ‘Aquarius’ its chance at the Oscars, Brazil’s government summoned memories of dictatorship-era censorship and brought the film unprecedented attention.
Facing shortages in food and medicines, extreme political polarisation, and a spiraling economic crisis, Venezuelans find it hard to care about the adventures of Clinton v. Trump.
States report to the UN Human Rights Council every four-and-a-half years and receive its recommendations, which they can either “accept” or “note”.
Donald Trump is the latest example of populism’s return to the global political landscape. Nine scholars from seven countries examine the link between populism and democracy.
How to psychologically cope with living in a country with more fatalities than a war zone? For Mexicans, the response is increasingly detachment, depersonalisation, and adherence to daily routines.
Of women who die from cervical cancer, 87% live in poor countries.
Inside the coup at the top of India’s biggest company.
Europe has a lot riding on this election: NATO, relations with Russia and free trade all hang in the balance.
In spite of rapprochement with the US, Cuban president Raúl Castro has put his reform agenda on hold. Why the delay?