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Muslim ‘instant divorce’ law divides India
In India, if you are a Muslim man, you can divorce your wife via a simple SMS. Or through online ser...
When will the democracy deliver ‘car
At the dawn of the 21st century, planners around the world will consider a new agenda for cities. Th...
Will whoever controls gene editing control historical memory?
In July, Harvard scientists used a gene-editing technology first developed in 2013 to programme bact...
Can we ditch dark energy by better understanding general relativity?
A renewed suggestion that dark energy may not be real — dispensing with 70% of the stuff in the univ...
Lipstick Under My Burkha: when real women take over Indian screens
“We see many films on male bonding, but hardly any on female bonding,” award-winning Indian filmmake...
When a river is a person: from Ecuador to New Zealand, nature gets its day in court
In the early 2000s, the idea of giving legal rights to nature was on the fringes of environmental le...
Can Caribbean cricket get its (political) groove back?
Caribbean cricket fans were dismayed in early June when, for the first time since the ICC Champions...
After ISIS killings in Pakistan, China blames the victims
When two young Chinese nationals were abducted in broad daylight and brutally killed earlier in June...
In Philippines, climate change and conflict both conspire against rural women
Heavily exposed to increasing incidence of extreme weather events, the Philippines is among one of t...
Could Trump be holding Dreamers hostage to make Mexico pay for his border wall?
Fulfilling one of United States president Donald Trump’s campaign promises, US Attorney General Jeff...