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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...
Study: US cities have worse inequality than Mexico, with rich and poor living side by side
The cities of the Americas are unequal places. US census data and recent American Community Surveys...
Syrian refugees in Turkey: time to dispel some myths
Six years after the war in Syria started, Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees, who try to ca...
How the gas industry can help fight climate change in Siberia
Permafrost is the layer of permanently frozen earth – over a 1,000 metres thick in some places – th...
How to fix Latin America’s homicide problem
In the 1990s, the capital of Colombia’s mountainous Antioquia province Medellin had one of the world...
Bridges and roads in north
Kherepe Meme gestures with her hand animatedly. She vividly remembers and describes the Great Assam...
Otto John: new light shed on legendary Cold War double defector
Imagine if the director of the American FBI or Britain’s MI5 were to defect to a hostile state. Thin...
Can tourism alleviate global poverty?
Wouldn’t it be great if something as simple and pleasurable as international travel could help end s...
Does being religious or spiritual make you more ethical at work?
Can religion and spirituality promote ethical behaviour in the workplace?It’s a contentious issue, b...