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Why does President Trump want Iran’s Kharg Island?

Will the PCOS name change help young women get treatment?

Why is Russia cutting the internet and blocking apps?

Can AI help us save endangered languages?

Google wants to release millions of mosquitoes in the US

Protests against illegal migrants in South Africa: What’s going on?

Job hugging: Why nobody wants to quit their job

Can Serena Williams beat younger tennis players?

What Is El Niño? And why it could cause chaos this year

Is the manosphere growing in Kenya and Mexico?

Why more women in China are buying men’s clothes

Why are more young people being diagnosed with cancer?

Why India's Cockroach Janta Party has got people talking

How Asia is adapting to getting less oil from Iran

Trump says yes to psychedelic drug research

Wish you weren’t here! How tourism is impacting Caribbean beaches

Should people be allowed to bet on war?

Ebola outbreak: How dangerous is the new strain in DR Congo?

Meet the call centre workers dealing with your complaints

Why did Drake release three albums at the same time?