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Jim Yong Kim starts his second term as World Bank president despite a rocky first five years
Jim Yong Kim is set to begin his second five-year term as World Bank president on July 1, having bee...
The pioneering queer artists who opened Vietnam to gay culture
In an historical decision, Taiwan’s top court has ruled in favour of gay marriage. The May 26 verdic...
How to live with bears
Bears have been on Europeans’ minds lately, as violent encounters with these powerful mammals make i...
How ‘temporary urbanism’ can transform struggling industrial towns
What will become of manufacturing towns in a post-industrial world? From the Ruhr region of Germany...
Europe is going grey: can EU countries work together to care for their elderly?
European societies are ageing. In 1950, only 12% of the European population was over age 65. Today t...
Seeking energy security, Poland welcomes US natural gas but defends coal power
The first shipment of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Louisiana’s Cheniere Energy arrived...
Caught between police and gangs, Rio de Janeiro residents are dying in the line of fire
In Rio de Janeiro, where murder rates this year have soared to their highest levels in a decade, vio...
How our environment can induce allergies even before we’re born
Is this the worst Northern Hemisphere allergy season yet? For many people – both those who’ve suffer...