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Some advice for Trump from Mexico, a place that knows something about contested elections: nobody likes a sore loser.
A conflict over the maritime border between the two countries has considerable implications for Timor-Leste’s future security, and its viability as an independent sovereign state.
What do the concepts like ‘cheating’ and ‘performance enhancing’ mean to young African footballers?
The two species mated 500,000 years ago, leaving a genetic mark to this day. This knowledge could help save them from extinction.
Climate change and tourism development in Mexico are altering the country’s shoreline, endangering the habitat of sea turtles. But tourists prefer pristine, natural beaches, too.
The narrative in Israel about whether men should be able to pay women for sex is changing.
In Chile, the impact of mining and the lack of regulation of water markets have produced water scarcity conflict in local Indigenous communities.
From Calais to the Mediterranean, Europe is failing the people who seek asylum there.
The recent violent rape and murder of a 16-year-old Argentinian girl has sparked a region-wide protest movement against sexual violence in Latin America.
Why American Hindus favour Donald Trump and neoliberal conservatism.
To end Thailand’s cycle of military and failed civilian governments, its politicians have to go beyond their structurally determined paths and challenge the status quo.
For decades, Brazil has worked to improve conditions in its poorest neighbourhoods: building roads, drainage, lighting, and safer housing. Will budget cuts end its ambitious slum-upgrading efforts?
Nation states, UN bodies and civil society gathered in Quito for Habitat III to adopt the New Urban Agenda. So how will the UN’s new global urban roadmap transform our cities over the next 20 years?
Data can be used to limit damage from natural disasters and to improve our lives.
Women already face high levels of violence in Haiti. But natural disasters can provide a good opportunity to intervene.
Controversy over a Chinese study that used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology shows how the West still looks at the East through the lens of Orientalism.
The costly reconquest of the city will not significantly impact the group’s transnational strategy
Sport migrations emerge within a general migratory context. In some societies, like the Pacific Islands, adulthood, particularly for men, cannot be completed unless one migrates.
A public health programme respected locally, lauded globally, and based on the best science for helping homeless crack users, is at risk of falling victim to Brazil’s partisan politics.
In Brazilian prisons, overcrowding, corruption and gang infiltration are a combustive combination. But it all started with bad drug policies.
Will the next King of Thailand be able to bear his constitutional duties?
How can the law deals with a new space like the datasphere ?
An abundance of natural resources has helped Kazakhstan attract billions in investments. Despite its booming economy, the government is unlikely to move towards democracy any time soon.
A proposal last month to legalise gay marriage in Mexico caused widespread protests, defending “Catholic values” and the “traditional family.” Deeper analysis reveals flaws in those arguments.