China Leapfrogs into Global Biotech 
Tension in One of Asia’s Flashpoints 
From Gibraltar to the Arctic BTS pulls out of Grammys after Asian pop category introduction
Global K-pop sensation BTS said on Wednesday they will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, following the Recording Academy’s introduction of new…
Samantha Johnson
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening…
Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro
Reshuffled or Reformed? Venezuela’s Criminal Order After Maduro
The unprecedented arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January shook Venezuela’s power structures—both legal and illegal….
France battles wildfire 4 times the size of Paris
Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius…
Philippine defence chief warns Chinese teaching exchanges pose grey-zone threat
Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has urged greater vigilance over academic exchange programmes with China following reports that language teachers in Manila had been…