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There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human-rights front. Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has resumed air strikes on his people, killing...

More than three decades ago, American and Russian leaders met each other in a small Nordic capital as much of the world held its collective breath. The two...

In the end, Donald Trump’s post-summit press conference with Vladimir Putin produced fewer surprises than many feared. In contrast to the U.S....

Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how it can help to...

No matter how much chaos and disruption US President Donald Trump causes – to trade, business, and even America’s core alliances – his supporters...

Perched atop massive cement pillars that tower above Montenegro's picturesque Moraca river canyon, scores of Chinese workers are building a...

Flying robots that can travel dozens of kilometres without stopping could be the next big thing for power companies. Utilities in Europe are looking to...

When Isao Akutagawa moved to the sleepy riverside town of Mabi in western Japan 45 years ago, it seemed like the perfect suburb to raise his children. Land...

“When you come to a fork in the road,” said the famously muddled baseball legend Yogi Berra, “take it.” That is what Mexico has just done. Andrés...