Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is eminently qualified to lead the World Bank.
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The World Bank needs to change as part of rethinking the current world order, and giving rising powers and developing countries a meaningful voice.
It’s not always clear where human organs come from in research papers.
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International standards ban publication of research that involves any biological material from executed prisoners, that lacks human research ethics committee approval and that lacks consent of donors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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A Cold War era treaty helped dismantle more than 2,500 missiles between the US and Russia.
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A long tradition of casting blame abroad for economic woes.
Plastic pollution on a beach on Bali, Indonesia.
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Asian countries have become a dumping ground for the plastic waste from wealthy countries.
Artist’s concept of Beresheet on the lunar surface.
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The private space race is about to take another great leap as Israel sends a private lander to the moon.
Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns.
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The famous British nanny is already a hit in China – an official release of the sequel would be perfect.
Migrant workers break apart blocks of pressed plastic bottles at a recycling plant in Thailand.
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Since China stopped accepting Australia’s recyclable plastic, the majority of exported plastic waste is now going to developing nations in South East Asia.
More spin less gas?
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The choice is now between a green grid or a whole lot more gas-fired power.
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Monopolies are bad for innovation and dismantling them would help the US economy compete.
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Rumours that West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic is heading to China in a multi-million pound deal are a classic symptom of the transfer window.
In this image taken from video footage run by China’s CCTV, Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg attends his retrial in northeastern China. A Chinese court has sentenced him to death in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is escalating tensions between the countries over the Canadian arrest of a top Chinese technology executive.
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Now is the time to give China the chance to show that while the Chinese justice system can mete out punishment, it can also exercise compassion and could spare the life of a Canadian drug smuggler.
A lunar base would likely be built using prefabricated parts in combination with large scale 3D printing.
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Can China build a lunar base? Absolutely. Can human beings survive on the Moon and other planets for the long term? The answer to that is less clear.
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei (right) with Chinese premier Xi Jinping.
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Ren Zhengfei has given a rare interview to the Western media, denouncing accusations that his company has been involved in spying.
The economics of countries in the Indian Ocean region are rapidly growing.
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Around 80% of the world’s maritime oil trade passes through the Indian Ocean. And the economic and political might of the region is growing.
Li Kui (李逵), one of the characters in The Water Margin, battles tigers after they killed his mother. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between between 1845 and 1850.
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In The Water Margin, first put to paper in the 14th century, local injustice is the rule, and defence against cruel local authority is a matter of vengeance, stratagem, and violence
A composite image of a satellite firing an energy weapon at a target on Earth.
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In the space beyond Earth’s atmosphere, countries are focusing on nationalist pursuits and ignoring the consequences for the rest of humanity. How can we keep the peace and build a sustainable future?
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The moon’s far side looks redder than its near side. An expert explains what the actual colour is.
From the perspective of international students’ parents, working with the education agent is reassuring because the agent can understand both context and language and thus help navigate a huge emotional and financial decision.
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Education agents play a significant role in the fact that China is the number one source country of international students who study in Canada.
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TikTok was one of 2018’s most downloaded mobile apps for Apple and Android devices in the US and Europe.