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In Vietnam poverty and poor development, not just floods, kill the most marginalised
Flooding and landslides in northwest Vietnam have caused widespread devastation since the start of A...
Will whoever controls gene editing control historical memory?
In July, Harvard scientists used a gene-editing technology first developed in 2013 to programme bact...
After Trump’s visit, Saudi Arabia hopes to reinforce its influence in the region, against Iran
US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia and his “Islam speech”, delivered at the Arab-Isla...
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...
How the Vietnamese cult of heroes promotes nationalism in politics
The Vietnamese government is trying to pass a new law on religion that will separate the nation’s ma...
Mumbai floods: what happens when cities sacrifice ecology for development
As the storm that was hurricane Harvey deluged the areas around Houston, Texas, large parts of north...
Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy gets one thing right but questions remain
Despite frequent past calls to disengage from Afghanistan after 16 years of US military involvement,...
China’s ‘sponge cities’ aim to re
Asian cities are struggling to accommodate rapid urban migration, and development is encroaching on...
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...
Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island
The death toll of Bangladesh’s brutal monsoon season keeps growing. Authorities estimate that floodi...