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Why religious tensions are spiking around the globeReligious hostilities reached a six-year high in 2012, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. High levels of migration and connectedness may have something to do with it.
Cover StoryAntarctica and the Arctic: A polar primer for the new great gameAntarctica and the Arctic are the focus of global hunger for untapped resources – and global warming has helped drive the polar rush.
FocusZambian entrepreneur cashes in on local copper boomJack Chibi has figured out how to profit from the foreign investment pouring into Zambia's copper-mining sector.
FocusFood aid: Is there room for local sourcing?Typhoon Haiyan sparked renewed debate over how much food aid should be sourced locally.
FocusChanging foreign aid: can more groups 'buy local'?Governments from Myanmar to Zambia are pushing for international aid organizations to work with local companies as they pour in billions in aid and investment.
Africa to world's top court: Stop picking on our leadersKenya is staging a diplomatic revolt against the International Criminal Court and the West as President Kenyatta is told to stand trial in February.Plus, a view from the Mai Mahiu refugee camp.
A move to blend culture with maps to save vanishing forestsIn Indonesia and around the world there's a movement afoot to blend map-making with cultural knowledge to help people without formal land title hang on to what's left of their homes.
World rankings: Top 10 universities in 2013 Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, released its annual global ranking of universities for 2013-2014. Here are the top 10 schools:
The ExplainerA look at global population trendsToo many people is a big problem, but too few is a concern as well.
World Humanitarian Day: 5 crises and how you can help Here are five of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in 2013 – and what you can do to help.- The Balkans 101: How much do you know? Take our quiz.
Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the Balkans is a vibrant, colorful, and culturally rich area with a long and interesting history. Though often associated with the wars of the 1990s, there is a lot more to the mountainous region in southeastern Europe than that. Now, a decade and a half since hostilities ended, test your knowledge of the history and politics of the Balkans.
Eid 101: Five facts about Eid al-Fitr
FocusThe world goes on vacationRussians, Chinese, Brazilians, and others are traveling abroad as never before as the world's growing middle classes get itchy feet.
FocusIn Europe, there's always time for vacationMany Europeans are finding ways to 'get away' despite the eurocrisis – but their tactics span the spectrum.
Jailbreak! Security found lacking in Iraq, Libya, Pakistan.Though there isn’t evidence to suggest coordination between the three cases, the prison breaks cast doubts on these countries’ ability to rule.
Despite grim July, train accidents are rareTrain travel remains one of the safest forms of transportation, even more so than automobile travel.
The ExplainerGMOs and a potential US-Europe pactHow a food fight could derail talks on a lucrative free-trade treaty.
Follow your labels: There is no such thing as a blue jeans machineThe chatter of needles and a thousand workers animate a factory.
Follow your labels: Starbucks coffee farmers who never heard of StarbucksDespite the siren logo on their property, some Colombian coffee farmers receive no benefit from Starbucks' sustainability program.
Follow your labels: Feeding chocolate lovers at low, or no, wageSolo was virtually a slave on a cocoa farm that supplies US chocolate producers.
