Nuclear threat at highest level since Cold War
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world’s leaders Tuesday that the threat of a nuclear attack is at its highest…
Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?
Today, megacities have become synonymous with economic growth. In both developing and developed countries, cities with populations of 10 million…
London train bombing: Why is Europe seeing so many terrorist attacks?
The Sept. 15 terrorist bombing in a crowded London subway station – which injured at least 30 passengers but caused…
German politics is about to tip rightwards
A CERTAIN sort of Anglo-Saxon commentator is permanently convinced that Germany is about to fall apart. Witness those American shock…
EU executive body proposes stricter party finance rules
The EU will introduce reforms to curb abuses in party financing for European Parliament elections as it tries to bolster…
Why seismologists didn’t see Mexico’s deadly earthquake coming
Mexico has a long seismic history, so any given earthquake here does not necessarily come as a surprise. In the…
Seeds in space – how well can they survive harsh, non-Earth conditions?
Will we someday colonize space? Will our children visit other planets? To achieve goals like these, we’ll need to crack…
Commuting by subway? What you need to know about air quality
Four more major Indian cities will soon have their own metro lines, the country’s government has announced. On the other…
Casino Minnow Donaco Absorbs Star Vegas And Will Now Eye Even Bigger Prizes
Donaco spent US$360 million for Star Vegas, the leading casino in Poipet, the Cambodian border casino cluster closest to Bangkok.…
Q & A 2017 09 September
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This old Catholic ritual is giving Brazil’s economy a small boost, one Virgin Mary statuette at a time
Brazilians are moving away from Catholicism. Today, fewer than 50 percent of Brazilians identify as Roman Catholic, down from 92…
Colombia’s FARC rebels have rebranded as a political party – now they need a leader
Ever since Colombia signed its fragile, contested peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in November 2016,…
When the world is not enough: how to find another planet to live on
The seafaring explorers of the 16th century famously found many new homes for humanity in faraway, unknown corners of the…
Rohingya genocide: the world can’t help until Myanmar changes its ways
After two weeks of extreme violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where at least 400 people have been killed and 270,000…