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George H.W. Bush, who has passed away aged 94, was US president when the world began grasping the climate issue in earnest. But he was pivotal in setting the US on a course of blocking climate action.
New trade routes and a wealth of natural resources are becoming increasingly available – and everyone wants a part of them.
During the November 4 US midterm elections, the candidates had to take into account the growing concern of many voters, across party lines, about climate change.
Millions of American flags come from China. Yet despite being symbols of patriotism, they’re not among the products subject to new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
Big city mayors with serious commitments to limiting greenhouse gases did well at the polls on Tuesday.
Times are changing – will the 2020s be Africa’s decade?
While a divided Congress will likely mean gridlock, there are two economic policies likely to see significant change: trade and infrastructure.
In one of the most difficult foreign policy environments since the end of the Vietnam War, the two leaders have revealed strong similarities but also key differences on our relationships abroad.
How could a company like Volkswagen knowingly violate US air-pollution standards despite the senseless risks to which it was exposing its reputation? The case method can provide an answer.
As the US federal government shifts toward harsher and more restrictive immigration policies, local authorities are pushing back with the “sanctuary cities” movement.
Trump claimed that ‘we would be punishing ourselves’ by using US arms sales to Saudi Arabia as a bargaining chip over the disappearance of Khashoggi. A look at the arms trade shows why he’s wrong.
The death of the rules-based world order that supports the global economy and free trade has been greatly exaggerated.
The Syrian civil war may be coming to an end, but the suffering and uncertainty are far from over for its people.
Languages are said to be disappearing faster than endangered species with a different one dying every two weeks.
Colombia’s new president Ivan Duque has some big issues in his inbox.
Canada, the US and Mexico have signed a deal to rip up the 25-year-old NAFTA and replace it with something new. But what’s actually changed?
As climate change alters temperature and precipitation patterns across the US, it is having especially severe impacts on national parks. These changes could happen faster than many plants and animals can adapt.
The midterm elections have put America’s political divide front and center, increasingly invading the work space and stressing out employees.
Psychotropic medication is ‘pharmaceutical violence’ against migrant children and other incarcerated youth throughout the United States. Drug addiction is one consequence.
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