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Governments around the world lose about US$125 billion in revenues every year because of profit shifting to tax havens.
The Trump administration is supporting new mines in Alaska and Minnesota that many opponents say could devastate sensitive areas around them.
Data show that the US intervenes more in other countries’ affairs than it did in the past. It also currently hires fewer career professionals for ambassadorial or foreign affairs positions.
Nutritious fish are being diverted away from countries that could benefit from them the most.
Mahatma Gandhi is an iconic figure for the world. Richard Barlett Gregg helped introduce him to Americans.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they plan to sue a UK paper for publishing a private letter.
Scientists have used drones and 3D modelling to work out the weight of Earth’s largest mammals without killing them.
Africa has already felt the effects of Donald Trump’s climate change denialism. Recent events are also raising political issues of keen interest among the continent’s democrats.
These lakes could threaten the future stability of parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.
New research suggests the partners of UK military personnel may experience greater levels of depression and binge-drinking compared to women in the general population.
Attacks on chimpanzees are happening at an alarming rate, within and outside national parks.
Rather than marriage, same-sex couples in China are allowed a ‘guardianship appointment’. But this system is yet another way the Chinese government tries to silence LGBT+ issues from being discussed.
Genetically modified mosquitoes were released in Brazil in an attempt to halt the spread of dengue fever by reducing the mosquito population.
New evidence has made possible a more accurate estimate of how many African personnel have died since the Somalia mission deployed in March 2007.
The foundations of orderliness for any city are planning and management. Lagos had this in place in the early days.
Having only started producing whisky in 2006, the small subtropical island is producing millions of bottles and scooping up top industry awards.
The US is still a major world power and world leaders need to keep in Donald Trump’s good books.
As climate change speeds up tropical storm cycles, rivers and bays have less time to process nutrients and pollutants that wash into them after each event.
The signs of spring are advancing at different rates - and the consequences for ecosystems could be disastrous.
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