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AT Finance, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s reform of rape laws has still some way to go

by Yumi Suzuki April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

A man breathes through an oxygen mask after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria on April 4. Photo: Reuters

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Suspected Syria gas attack brings destruction … deception

by Brett Edwards and Mattia Cacciatori April 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Xi Jinping's China is casting a keen eye on Tibet and its spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Photo: Reuters and Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

When religion and politics mix: the Dalai Lama and India-China ties

by Jabin T. Jacob April 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Activists form a red ribbon, the symbol of the worldwide campaign against Aids, in 2010. Photo: Reuters

Middle East, Russia, World

Russian Aids denialism spreads via online social networks

by Peter Meylakhs, Yadviga Sinyavskaya and Yuri Rykov April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Pope Francis has 'mastered the art of containing people without making structural changes.' Photo: Reuters

European Union, France, Middle East, World

Married priests and female deacons?

by Verónica Giménez Béliveau April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Smog blankets Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Beijing, China, India, Jordan, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Shanghai, South Asia, World

China-Pakistan coal romance lacks love for the climate

by Fahad Saeed April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Mistakes have occurred with in vitro fertilization. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, India, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

In world first, Singapore court rules parents deserve kids with their genes

by G. Owen Schaefer April 4, 2017February 18, 2020

By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, France, Indonesia, New Zealand, Oceania, World

UN launches campaign to take out ocean trash

by Mike Gaworecki April 3, 2017February 18, 2020

The Borneo orangutan's habitat is fast disappearing. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities

by Claire Salisbury April 2, 2017February 18, 2020

The red polka dot tree frog can glow in the dark. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

World

The world’s first glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina

by María Gabriela Lagorio April 2, 2017February 18, 2020

As few as 5,000 Eastern lowland gorillas remain in the wild. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, European Union, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

‘Endangered species to declare?’ Europe’s understudied bushmeat trade

by Sean Mowbary April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

Cambodia, Sri Lanka and the China debt trap

by Veasna Var and Sovinda Po March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

The Ganga River in Allahabad, India is now recognized as a legal person. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Australia, India, New Zealand, Oceania, South Asia, World

Three rivers are now legally people – that’s just the start

by Erin O'Donnell and Julia Talbot-Jones March 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Almaty, Kazakhstan, February 27, 2017. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters.

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Singapore, World

Kazakhstan is using social media to tame rebellion

by Nurseit Niyazbekov March 26, 2017February 18, 2020

The languages children learn in school might not be the most useful for their future. Photo: Shutterstock

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

What languages should schools be teaching?

by Warren Midgley March 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during the India-UK Tech Summit in New Delhi, India, November 7, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Social media star Modi struggling to get government online

by P Vigneswara Ilavarasan March 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Give mothers a break because they may have lapses like Dory. Photo: YouTube

Middle East

Research suggests motherhood has changed my brain

by Olivia Carter March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Mexico, Middle East, South Asia, World

Your future food will be grown with wastewater

by Serena Caucci and Kristin Meyer March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Can we live without flush toilets? Photo: Wikimedia Commons

India, South Asia, World

The world needs more toilets – but not ones that flush

by Tamara Avellán March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Looks good, tastes good, but can it feed the world?

European Union, India, South Asia, World

Organic farming matters – just not in the way you think

by Verena Seufert and Navin Ramankutty March 15, 2017February 18, 2020

An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is seen during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Asia’s Olympic moment has its roots in Cold War politics

by Stefan Huebner March 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Female farmers in India benefit from Microfinance schemes in India. Photo: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Belinda Goldsmith

Bangladesh, India, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

How microfinance reduces gender inequality

by Quanda Zhang and Alberto Posso March 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Potential? Who knows the opportunity costs to the US of turning its back on the potential of the world's youth. Photo: Reuters

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Travel bans to alt-facts: the descent into irrationality

by Bassem Hassan March 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Dam progress: China's plans to develop hydropower on its stretch of the Mekong will have an impact far beyond the grazing land of this horse. Photo: Luc Forsyth/Mongabay

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Greater Bay Area, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Hydropower not just an export for world’s top dam builder

by Luc Forsyth March 5, 2017February 18, 2020

A farmer at work in Kenya's Mount Kenya region. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT via Wikipedia Commons

Beijing, China, World

Is China displacing traditional aid donors in Africa?

by Haley J. Swedlund March 5, 2017February 18, 2020

One of the wreck sites of HMAS Perth (D29) that is under survey. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?

by Poo Yee Kai March 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Xi Jinping delivers a speech in the Assembly Hall at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Australia, Beijing, China, Macau, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, World

How will Xi Jinping shake up the CPC?

by Dong Dong Zhang March 1, 2017February 18, 2020

The deadly 1995 Sarin gas attack on a Tokyo commuter train used a nerve agent similar to the one suspected of killing Kim Jong-nam. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Syria, Vietnam, World

North Korea: chemical assassination, what you need to know

by Emily Crawford and Ian Musgrave March 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Action is needed in the scientific community to ensure women’s work is recognized. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

France, Italy, Mexico, World

Women aren’t failing at science – science is failing women

by Lorena Rivera León February 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek in Toni Erdmann. Photo: Komplizen Film/ IFFAM

Australia, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, World

A potted guide to the best foreign language Oscar nominees

by The Conversation February 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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Japan’s reform of rape laws has still some way to go

Suspected Syria gas attack brings destruction … deception

When religion and politics mix: the Dalai Lama and India-China ties

Married priests and female deacons?

China-Pakistan coal romance lacks love for the climate

In world first, Singapore court rules parents deserve kids with their genes

UN launches campaign to take out ocean trash

Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities

The world’s first glow-in-the-dark frog found in Argentina

‘Endangered species to declare?’ Europe’s understudied bushmeat trade

Cambodia, Sri Lanka and the China debt trap

Three rivers are now legally people – that’s just the start

Kazakhstan is using social media to tame rebellion

What languages should schools be teaching?

Social media star Modi struggling to get government online

Research suggests motherhood has changed my brain

Your future food will be grown with wastewater

The world needs more toilets – but not ones that flush

Organic farming matters – just not in the way you think

Asia’s Olympic moment has its roots in Cold War politics

How microfinance reduces gender inequality

Travel bans to alt-facts: the descent into irrationality

Hydropower not just an export for world’s top dam builder

Is China displacing traditional aid donors in Africa?

Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?

How will Xi Jinping shake up the CPC?

North Korea: chemical assassination, what you need to know

Women aren’t failing at science – science is failing women

A potted guide to the best foreign language Oscar nominees

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