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Back to SearchWhy is Argentina Still so Sexist?
Tens of thousands of people have marched in Buenos Aires and elsewhere in outrage at the astonishing frequency with which women are being killed in Argentina - the vast majority at the hands of their…
Published on 10 years, 3 months ago
How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in the next 35 years. Nigeria, the fastest-growing nation, is expected to become the third largest country in the world by 2050…
Published on 10 years, 3 months ago
Can We Learn to Live with Nuclear Power?
In 2011, following a devastating tsunami, Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power station went into meltdown, leaking radiation. It was the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl. It appeared to send …
Published on 10 years, 3 months ago
Migrant Crisis: What Else Could Europe Try?
Tens of thousands of migrants continue to queue at the borders of the European Union in search of a better life. Their journeys are often hazardous and thousands have drowned in the Mediterranean try…
Published on 10 years, 4 months ago
What Will Happen When Robots Take Our Jobs?
Robots are coming for your job. Blue-collar jobs in industries like manufacturing have been disappearing for years but now white-collar work is under threat too. Machines are already taking roles tha…
Published on 10 years, 4 months ago
Should Anyone Ever Talk to IS?
In June last year the world's attention became fixed on the progress of so-called Islamic State, or IS. They had just captured Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. Since then a reported 20,000 fighters…
Published on 10 years, 4 months ago
What’s Behind the Anti-Vax Movement?
This July, it was reported that a woman from Washington State in the US had died of measles. It was the first measles death in the country in 12 years and comes after a huge spike in the number of ca…
Published on 10 years, 4 months ago
Why do Tax Havens Still Exist?
In 2009, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared “the beginning of the end” for off-shore tax havens. Since then, the EU, the G20, President Obama and others have lined up to criticise them. And yet …
Published on 10 years, 5 months ago
What Does China’s Stock Market Crash Tell Us?
China's economy was up 150% until June. Then it fell by nearly a third. Now it has had the strongest two-day rise since the 2008 global crisis. China’s rollercoaster stock market has provoked panic i…
Published on 10 years, 5 months ago
Is Streaming Good for Music?
Streaming has transformed the way millions listen to music. Whether signed up to Spotify, Apple Music or others, music lovers can access tens of millions of tracks instantly and for the monthly cost …
Published on 10 years, 5 months ago