What will an election victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s party mean for Myanmar?
Early results in the country's first free election suggest a landslide win for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.
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Man-made forest fires have already tripled Indonesia's carbon emissions this year, but there's not much the government can do about it.
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Dr Mitu Khurana has taken her husband to court for allegedly testing their twin girls' gender before she gave birth, then trying…
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For all the hype, the Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit was merely the latest in a series of attempts to get the Chinese…
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In future years, we will speak of Sinophiles and Sinophobes as we do now of Europhiles and Europhobes.
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I spent three days at a refugee camp. Here’s what I learned
Shabana Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood, reflects on her recent visit to refugee camps in Greece.
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