Afghanistan and Pakistan partners, not opponents
Pakistan and Afghanistan are neighbouring Muslim-majority countries, connecting South Asia with Central Asia. Pakistan has more than 200 million people, while Afghanistan has around...
New frontier in health fraud – Genetic tests of the elderly
Sarah N. Lynch
The genetic-screening sales reps turn out at health fairs, houses of religion, parks and elder enclaves, offering seniors a chance to learn...
The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of The People’s Republic of China
China super-sized 70th anniversary
Three Chinese military officials laid out plans for China's super-sized 70th anniversary parade to be held next week. There will be...
Court let Merck hide secrets about baldness drug’s risks
Dan Levine
By the time Kelly Pfaff got home from driving her son to school that morning, it was too late.
Her husband, John, was supposed...
Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has ‘broken’ border courts
Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke,
New York On the day she was set to see a U.S. immigration judge in San Diego last month, Katia took...
Death and politics roil a Georgia jail
Ned Parker, Jason Szep & Linda So
In the summer of 2016, Georgia's Chatham County hired jail monitor Steven Rosenberg with a mission: scrutinize the...
Occupation and Merger of Kashmir into Indian Union and Ideology of Hindutva
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Ideology of Hindutva
In 1925, an Indian doctor named K B Hedgewar formed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to promote a...
Hikvision, a surveillance powerhouse, walks US-China tightrope
Cate Cadell
For China's Hikvision, the world's largest purveyor of video surveillance systems and a vendor to Xinjiang police agencies, a moment of reckoning may...
Leave or remain? Brexit bind could hurt Britain’s Labour in a snap election
Kylie MacLellan
Retired electrician Steve Oliver has voted for Britain's opposition Labour Party all his life but if the political crisis over leaving the European...
How Brazil and Vietnam are tightening their grip on the world’s coffee
Marcelo Teixeira, Phuong Nguyen & Julia Symmes Cobb
A towering machine rumbles through the fields of Julio Rinco's farm in the Brazilian state of Sao...
