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After Nairobi, what lies ahead for world trade?

Why the Paris agreement is about more than climate change

How new software could revolutionise synthetic biology

What does the Fourth Industrial Revolution mean for our jobs?

How to follow and embed our Annual Meeting 2016

14 must-read gender stories of the week

Oil slides below $32, Brazil cans carnival and how to improve your mood

The UN has more sanctions in place than ever – but are they working?

This country has more than half of children out of school

How can we make sure no refugee is left behind?

Should we rethink our views of ageing and dementia?

Are we seeing the first signs of a tech slowdown?

How is China's stockmarket turmoil affecting Asia?

What is threatening the global battle against malaria?

Which economies are being hit hardest by China's slowdown?

Could Europe import renewable energy from North Africa?

What are the global economic effects of climate change?

What are the benefits of a eurozone deposit insurance scheme?

Could plasma be used to treat Ebola?

How much plastic is there in the ocean?

How can Africa better treat cancer patients?

Which degrees give the best financial return?

This is how Europe can overcome its crises

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the future of ports

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the refugee crisis

What is the link between memory and imagination?

Is the world prepared for future disasters?

Why our future depends on cities

Why did only 2% of new fathers in Japan take paternity leave last year?

Are we heading towards a cashless economy?

Could we create fuels out of carbon dioxide?

How will China’s economic transition affect global growth?

Is Africa winning the battle against corruption?

Why the world needs a new kind of trade agreement

Is this the real reason our goods aren’t delivered by drone?

How can we speed up progress on the SDGs?

Which are the world’s deadliest weather disasters?

Which countries spend the most on space exploration?

The world’s population mapped by who is online

How can we help stroke victims recover the power of language?

Big banks slump, the US is now a gas exporter and how to tell what’s going to kill you

How to use the immune system to fight cancer

The number of US businesses owned by women are growing – but there’s a catch

Where are killings of human rights activists on the rise?

Is the US labour share as constant as we thought?

What can the Arabic version of Sesame Street teach us about gender equality?

Can these technologies take the needles out of vaccines?

What would your city look like without cars?

Which countries are battling hunger, and why?

Have humans pushed the world into a new geological age?

This is why some tech innovations fail

Bill Gates shares this habit with successful leaders

We need better data to support LGBT rights

LGBTI in Africa: from victims to victors

Can voice recognition really unmask a terrorist?

How wearing a robot suit could help us understand ageing

How the science of human cooperation could improve the world

What is shaking world currency markets?

Is Sweden’s ‘daddy quota’ closing the gender gap?

10 must-read economics stories of the week

6 highly successful people who didn’t finish university

Could farmers actually benefit from El Niño?

Could this be a defining year for the relationship between Europe and the US?

What faith can do for 9 global challenges

How Greece became a dual-currency economy

How can developing countries better prepare students for the workforce?

Global assets shaken, tech groups warn against UK spy bill and the US labour market

What do bacteria and electrons have in common?

Will this be a better year for migrants?

Will optical computer chips transform processing?

What can we learn from Nigeria’s approach to tackling disease outbreaks?

How computers could mimic brains

Cap rates, cycles and how to inflate a real estate bubble

Superbugs: how worried should we be?

Mark Zuckerberg’s advice to girls: be nerds

How businesses are standing up for LGBT rights

What do different nationalities spend their money on?

15 must-read gender stories of the week

10 countries hardest hit by weather disasters

How brain research is helping machines learn like humans

Has the world overlooked a major achievement?

5 countries with the strictest dress codes

How the demographics of city centres are changing

When women earn less than men they are far more likely to get depressed

Where are men far more self-confident than women? The answer might surprise you

Is this the way the world can defeat ISIS?

Which mysteries could scientists solve in 2016?

What just happened to China’s stock markets?

How India is using public-private partnerships to expand healthcare

Why the gap between the super-rich and everyone else might not be as big as you think

How can we achieve economic growth in 2016?

Could climate change hit electricity production?

What impact will rising temperatures have on health in Africa?

How South Africa is embracing solar power

Why poverty is falling faster in female-headed households

How sleep affect children’s grades

6 countries leading the charge towards renewable energy

Why food security is now on the climate change agenda

Equality to brutality: global trends in LGBT rights

What causes cancer: bad luck or lifestyle choices?

What can North America expect from El Niño?

China stock markets shuttered, a grim year for emerging markets and oil slides below $35

This is what gun ownership looks like around the world

What are the hottest new consumer gadgets?

How can we improve attitudes towards the transgender community?

Why the world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief

The real story of the gay Middle East

North Korea tests H-bomb, fears mount over camouflaged sovereign debt and why global economic disaster is unlikely

What is a miniaturized hydrogen bomb?

How will the TPP affect Japan’s economy?

What does 2016 hold for the global economy?

Why the end of the one-child policy is a major opportunity for China

The 4 skills you need to become a global leader

Does employee training lead to higher profits?

12 charts that make sense of 2015

Are the brains of creative people different?

What impact are low oil prices having in Africa?

Are levels of global violence falling?

Is there a link between rainfall and conflict?

Could wearable tech change our relationships with doctors?

How the world depends on counting atoms

10 lessons on citizen engagement

Is technology making inequality worse?

What can we learn from sub-Saharan Africa’s refugee crisis?

How can micro hydropower plants increase electricity access?

Why 2015 was a major year for space exploration

Talk from the top isn’t enough. We need visible LGBT leaders

How can China improve indoor air quality?

What impact will Ebola have on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Will ‘Wi-Fi first’ really disrupt the mobile industry?

What one of the world’s longest studies tells us about happiness

Where are workers earning the most?

5 ways to make social policies work for all

Is this what it takes to be an innovative leader?

Is this what it takes to be an innovative leader?

Which natural disasters hit most frequently?

China stocks seesaw, turbulent trading for oil and an elementary discovery

The real cost of LGBT discrimination

6 African elections to watch closely in 2016

The periodic table gets 4 new elements

Is this a new era for the Arctic?

What are Europe’s big challenges in 2016?

Could mindfulness make you a better leader?

How curiosity can save species from extinction

Can butterflies save the world’s forests?

Where do people work longer hours?

Why millions more will go hungry in 2016

What’s the future of virtual reality?

How can Puerto Rico escape its debt trap?

When will Europe switch away from coal?

The floating school bringing solar power to one of Lagos’s oldest slums

Will 2016 bring a wave of sovereign debt defaults?

The journey towards a sustainable world

The rise of the sharing economy in Indonesia

How ‘extinct’ animals are rediscovered more often than you may think

What’s the economic benefit of education?

10 ways to improve LGBT rights in Europe

This is how to be more productive in 2016

2015: the year of international deals. 2016: the year of making them work?

Why Commonwealth countries need to wake up to LGBT rights

Explainer: the state of LGBT rights today

The turbulent history of Iran-Saudi relations

My 30 years of being out and proud in leadership

Mark Zuckerberg’s 2016 resolution: build an AI butler

Poverty: the past, present and future

3 great forces changing China’s consumer market

Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran, economists back Cameron on EU, and robots in the workplace

What brain science teaches us about fighting terrorism

How much development data is enough?

How did the global financial crisis affect long-term finance?

The economics of giving: do your emotions get in the way of helping others?

How do robots ‘see’ the world?

What’s driving the Middle East towards cleaner energy?

How close are we to beating dengue?

How can we address gender inequality?

India’s banking sector in 5 charts

Are student loans pushing up US college fees?

Will blockchain change the world?

Is there a cure for the world’s economic malaise?

Top tech trends that will echo into 2016

Where are the missing women in tech?

How leadership could help to end child hunger

Economic resolutions for the global economy

Is the Middle East on the cusp of a healthcare revolution?

Will Europe have a happy new year?

Is it dangerous to have robots evolving by themselves?

The 19 most in-demand jobs for 2016

Which country’s tourists spend the most money?

How can we ensure clean water for everyone?

These are the top humanitarian concerns for 2016

How organ-on-a-chip technology could help asthma sufferers

7 major advancements in gene editing in 2015

Can trees really cool down cities?

How the Paris agreement could improve global health

Are we close to understanding the brain’s link to autism?

Are these the biggest risks to businesses?

11 pivotal things that happened in 2015

Will African lions become an endangered species?

Why Chan and Zuckerberg are modern altruists

One in eight babies were born in conflict zones in 2015

How are solar parks aiding development in India?

Data, drones and 3D-printed hearts: 2015 highlights from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

How can we grow ‘super-scale’ companies?

One gene’s role in autism and schizophrenia

2015 saw incredible global breakthroughs – now we need to deliver

Which are the social media platforms of the future?

What is cognitive reserve, and how do we increase it?

In which cities are tourists spending the most money?

5 ways to make the world a better place in 2016

China and the global economy: what will 2016 bring?

Why the Paris Agreement is a model for 21st century global governance

How will the rate hike affect consumer borrowing costs?

Carbon emissions are falling in many countries: is yours one of them?

4 major challenges facing boardrooms in 2016

Has the US really said goodbye to zero interest rates?

Could computers learn like humans?

How has the world’s best dark matter detector improved?

How clean is the air in your city?

How blockchain technology could change the world

Why leaders should praise effort, not achievement

Has the Large Hadron Collider found a new particle?

How can we encourage creativity in the classroom?

How are young people working for peace?

Is this the key to countering radicalization?

How have humans changed the way other species live?

What will Saudi Arabia’s elections do for women’s rights?

What makes an image memorable?

Is this the end of big oil?

How can we use gene therapy to treat cancer?

How do birds learn their songs?

Where are food supplies most at risk from climate change?

These are the fastest growing cities for international visitors

Top 10 videos of 2015

Kofi Annan: how do we turn the Paris promises into action?

10 books on leadership to read in 2016

Books to set you up for 2016

6 factors shaping the global economy in 2016

The problem with nanoscale electronics

Migrant influx breaks symbolic threshold, oil benchmarks converge and hope and fear in Greek crisis

Does noise pollution change animal behaviour?

Eric Schmidt: AI should benefit the many, not the few

Are advanced economies fueling migration?

What did the Personal Genome Project teach us?

Is Europe’s financial crisis pushing voters to the far-right?

How machine learning helps biologists crack life’s secrets

What is threatening the success of the Paris Agreement?

Argentina’s new president wants to overhaul the economy. Will it work?

5 good-news stories from 2015

Can air pollution affect your earnings, as well as your health?

Why are university rankings so important?

9 key quotes on the global economy in 2015

Are health hackers the new cyber security threat?

What does music do to our brains?

Are we moving to a post-plastic world?

12 inspiring quotes from 2015

How performance pay schemes make the gender gap worse

Is it really possible to make anonymous messages untraceable?

Where are the oldest stars?

3 ways to make climate central to business

What are the pitfalls of using work technology at home?

What are the challenges of managing a supply chain?

What does the Paris Agreement mean for climate-smart agriculture?

Why efforts to stop Indonesia’s haze fires may not work

How local brands can boost a city’s growth

3 ways our working culture is out of date

How much territory has ISIS lost in 2015?

Why women are worth it in Hollywood

What is creativity worth to the world economy?

Why even successful leaders struggle to communicate

Are these the next global conflicts?

How can we improve technological innovation?

These are the game-changing new technologies transforming medicine

How can we map the human brain?

Oil slides to 11-year low, M&A volume tops ’07 record and health hackers

Post-rate hike, how is the global economy faring?

5 reasons to be hopeful about ending deforestation

How will exporters cope with a new low in oil?

Does the future of manufacturing lie in services?

Are we getting close to genetically modifying human embryos?

Do humans cause more environmental damage than a nuclear disaster?

Is finance finally embracing sustainable development?

China and Africa: will the honeymoon continue?

How can we improve digital navigation tools?

Does using computing eyewear change our behaviour?

The US is making progress in LGBT rights

Why we might not know if the Earth is experiencing a mass extinction

Polio eradication efforts have reached a new milestone

3 stand-out foreign exchange shocks of 2015

These technologies are transforming the lives of people with disabilities

What would you ask Sheryl Sandberg?

4 things to know before teaming up with your competitor

16 photos that capture the devastation of the refugee crisis

Spain heads for political turmoil, the great Asian rail rivalry and some reasons to avoid mistletoe

Why are we still hooked on fossil fuels?

Why did Europe experience uneven growth after the financial crisis?

Which economies do most to help poor countries?

Is globalisation affecting income distribution?

Will the Monarch butterfly survive this winter?

What’s the future of blockchain?

Men with moustaches outnumber women in top US academic medical jobs

How can we improve solar energy efficiency?

What can Douglass North’s work tell us about China’s future?

What is terrorism costing Africa?

What is Greece’s other deficit?

Which country has the largest number of widows?

Have any countries achieved 100% renewable power?

What really happened to Greece’s banking system?

Could art help us tackle climate change?

What is herd immunity?

What happens to your well-being when work intrudes into free time?

How can we eradicate TB?

How getting communities involved in infrastructure projects changes lives

How can we help all children to thrive?

Will the Paris climate deal establish a ‘new normal’?

What role should governments play in healthcare?

What is the impact of the commodities crunch on mining?

4 reasons to be hopeful about the Paris Agreement

Is emotional intelligence the key to tackling climate change?

How can we ensure fair – and safe – working conditions for migrants?

Which European countries have the biggest gender pay gaps?

What Brazil’s WhatsApp decision means for internet governance

10 trends to watch in 2016

8 must-read economics stories of the week

What little-known quality do all great leaders share?

Why it’s time to see migrants in a new light

These countries are most at risk of hunger

What do weather patterns tell us about climate change?

How can we tackle global conflict in 2016?

Markets embrace rate rise, Japan-Australia relations and the secret codes in everyday life

Bill Gates: my unsung heroes

Will we soon be wearing electronic plasters?

10 migration trends to look out for in 2016

Should we be concerned about the safety of AI and robotics?

The importance of investing in health

How did the financial crisis change Europe?

Could this breakthrough help us understand how the brain works?

17 must-read stories for the weekend

Brain scans explain why we are quick to blame others

How did an earthquake fast-track evolution?

Could better data reduce inequality?

What will happen to employment in 2016?

7 books on leadership to read this holiday

Russia on the 'Cyber Silk Road'

How will the next generation use technology?

Did the commodities boom reduce poverty in Latin America?

What is the future of rice production in Asia?

How can we make our roads safer?

10 lessons from leaders: social entrepreneurs tell all

Explainer: What is a social entrepreneur?

5 powerful ideas for global impact from social entrepreneurs

Throwing light on the millions without electricity

Taking youth from the margin to the mainstream

6 ways to disaster-proof the world’s most vulnerable

How to make everyone a microentrepreneur

Designing medical devices for the poorest four billion

Social entrepreneurs seeing problems as opportunities

Paris set a 2C cap on global warming. We’re already at 1C

Why central bankers should worry about climate change

3 real stories from refugees

How advanced biofuels could revolutionize clean energy

Which country has hosted the most refugees?

How does the Muslim world really view the US?

Which country will be Western Europe’s biggest by 2080?

Europe can solve its refugee crisis, if it has the will

This map will change how you see Africa

How can Europe tackle the growing intergenerational divide?

Which is the best country to live in?

Should happiness be a corporate goal?

5 overlooked humanitarian crises in 2015

3 things that really matter amid the US rate rise furore

Which demographic groups in the US have increased their incomes?

The Fed lifts off, Brazil cut to junk again and first modular smartphone launched

What the world can learn from the Cuban education system

Does China’s reserve currency status really matter?

4 ways to view the US interest rate rise

Could dark matter have killed the dinosaurs?

Do men and women experience pain differently?

How can we equip the future workforce for technological change?

Did the Federal Reserve just reduce inequality?

Can the Paris climate deal protect poor farmers from climate change?

5 next steps after the Paris Agreement

Why do humans need less sleep than primates?

How can we end modern day slavery?

Could drought cause an increase in child brides?

What does data tell us about the gig economy?

Are people in Africa benefiting from economic growth?

What can we do about the record numbers of forcibly displaced people?

How is India improving its healthcare system?

What does the future hold for the internet?

How ISIS runs its economy

What will an interest rate hike mean for you?

What do the financial markets tell us about the Paris Agreement?

How China and Russia see the internet

How much do natural disasters cost the world?

Why the world needs to embrace science

Are Europeans happy with their governments?

All eyes on the Fed, EU unveils border force and the end of the Nazi gold train mystery

15 must-read gender stories of the week

How will the US Federal Reserve actually raise the interest rate?

Why are women less likely to be entrepreneurs than men?

Will we soon be talking to our vacuum cleaners?

6 ways tech can transform humanitarian response

What’s happening in your brain when you decide to be generous?

Who should handle our private data?

How can we finance renewables in South Asia?

Could this machine make fossil fuels redundant?

Which countries have the most work to do to meet the Paris Agreement?

What can Bhutan teach the world about climate action?

Are long-term interest rates actually rising?

Are we nearing the end of poverty?

What’s the impact of Joseph Stiglitz’s work on economics?

Fear of immigration: how has it changed over the last 20 years?

Are you benefiting from slave labour?

What does employee engagement actually mean?

Could robots fight fires instead of humans?

How can we get patients in developing countries to hospital faster?

Does ‘slacktivism’ have any real impact?

What are the mysterious bright spots on planet Ceres?

How is cow dung helping to eliminate poverty?

5 predictions for the Internet of Things in 2016

Migration and terror: time for a sensible debate?

What is the link between carbon emissions and poverty?

Who will fund the low-carbon revolution?

Could climate change cause languages to die?

Oil tumbles towards crisis-era lows, the titans of fintech and the ultimate first-class seat

What lies beyond an interest rate rise?

Why are highly educated women having more children?

Will Germany stick with its open-door refugee policy?

The 50 best business schools in the world

Can you afford not to go to university?

Where are pensioners most at risk of poverty?

Does firm size affect productivity?

Would you walk over a 3D-printed bridge?

Will we ever have car-free cities?

Why economists put health first

Is there a link between climate change and conflict?

How can we make countries live up to their climate pledges?

How can we measure success in economics?

Why haven’t low oil prices delivered a bigger boost to growth?

Does being happy make you live longer?

This is the only number that truly matters for the future of our planet

How to understand African urban land markets

Why your broadband router might not be as secure as you think

What is the link between stress and ageing?

How can we achieve universal healthcare?

Can technology help to curb diabetes?

Why humans are in the driver’s seat of evolution

Why we need to reconnect with the sun

The chart that shows how hard it will be to make climate deal stick

Pope Francis: we need to act on the Paris pact now

Why Saudi Arabia’s female politicians are a vote for progress

4 ways business can strengthen fragile states

What happens when David and Goliath join forces

This simple negotiation tactic helped bring 195 countries to consensus

What to expect from the Nairobi WTO trade talks

Could enterprise zones help us achieve the Global Goals?

How the world got a climate deal

The Paris climate agreement – what happens now?

What you don’t know about the Federal Reserve

How would a Fed rates rise affect you?

Has France found the solution to food waste?

How can we improve the commutes of the poorest workers

Is productivity contagious?

How far do roads contribute to development?

Does having a degree matter any more?

How lifestyle changes can help prevent cancer deaths

Bank jobs under threat, London’s largest heist and introducing Guffipedia

How can we ensure AI benefits humanity?

Can tourism tackle climate change?

What is China’s future role in international finance?

Why perfect memory might not be so perfect

Can Kenya and Ethiopia turn conflict into prosperity?

Could geoengineering help tackle climate change?

What can blockchain be used for, other than Bitcoin?

Los grandes líderes deben primero liderarse a sí mismos

Hablar menos y hacer más para erradicar la pobreza

Putting high-calibre people at the heart of social enterprise

Using recycling to change culture

Tackling poverty by talking less and doing more

Creativity as the new social currency

Using media to empower Palestinian women

Radicalising public service using digital technology

Creating value out of values

This is the most important factor behind successful social businesses

Imagining a new kind of slum

Taking the positives from professional failings

16 quotes from world leaders on the Paris climate agreement

A historic tipping point for climate action

Where now for the World Trade Organization?

Is China heading towards a 4.5 day working week?

What are your four basic freedoms?

What does the future of the internet look like?

How to decongest and depollute the world’s mega cities

7 overlooked facts about women’s suffrage

Why have commodities crashed?

The 50 best places to work in 2016

8 must-read economics stories of the week

7 stumbling blocks to a climate deal in Paris

How safe are our supply chains from terrorist attack?

What’s happened to America’s middle class?

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