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Trump vs Obama: Pundits and politicians compare their Middle East policy

Unlike Obama, Trump does not have a Middle East strategy, grand or otherwise. He has impulses

What is eating Apple - and why Steve Jobs would not be doing a lot better

The increasing competition from Chinese manufacturers such as Huawei and Xiaomi - but also from Google, LG and Samsung - has eroded the once dominant position of Apple in the smartphone market

Like most presidents, why Trump is likely to lose government shutdown

GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich wanted to reduce the budget deficit, while Clinton opposed deep cuts in Social Security and Medicare

Brick-bait: Three tricks up retailers' sleeves to lure you back to shops

Department stores and clothing retailers are drawing on consumer behaviour and psychological research to make themselves more appealing

How climate change can result in low sperm count, extinction of species

A common fingerprint of a warmer world is a range shift, where the distribution of a species moves to higher altitudes or migrates toward the poles

TikTok: The world's most valuable startup that you have never heard of

TikTok has already been downloaded more than 80m times in the US, logging 4m downloads from the App Store in October alone. It is also one of the most popular apps on Google Play

China's moon landing: Will it start a new race for space dominance?

The probe, Chang'e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed, significant for China and for relations among the great power across the world

China explores far side of the moon: Science behind the mission explained

Chang'e is the name of the Chinese moon goddess - and Chang'e 4 builds on the success of the Chang'e 3 lander

Bigger than Las Vegas: How Macau became the world's casino capital

The story of Macau is one of globalisation and the rise of China. It is a globalisation story because of the role played by foreign multinational casino companies

Why Mark Zuckerberg's admiration for Roman emperor Augustus is misplaced

The couple even named their second daughter August

A sense of shame, taboo still clings to stories of Hiroshima's survivors

Today, much has been done to publish the testimonies of Hiroshima's survivors

Bitcoin could enter a more extreme death spiral: Here are 5 reasons why

These range from the rising cost of mining, regulatory concerns, market manipulation and speculative trading

What French populists from '50s can teach about yellow vests roiling Paris

Today, the French government is again facing an existential threat over an unpopular tax

Sexual violence as war weapon: Here's why the Nobel Prize for Peace matters

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize award of 2018

Human rights Day: 70 years on, activists, movements face an uphill battle

Seventy years ago, the then 58 members of the United Nations adopted its first two fundamental frameworks at the General Assembly in Paris

Human rights: From Rohingya crisis to LGBT, ten issues that made headlines

In August, a UN Fact Finding Mission delivered a scathing report detailing crimes against humanity, war crimes, sexual violence and possible genocide by Myanmar's security forces against the Rohingya

Three ways Facebook, other social media companies could clean up their acts

A more significant change social media companies could make would be to introduce democratic oversight of how they collect and use people's data

Why Apple is no longer a byword for innovation - just ask the markets

In the past two months Apple shares have lost more than quarter of their value

Capitalism responsible for dwindling wildlife populations, not 'humanity'

The WWF report chooses "humanity" as its unit of analysis, and this totalising language is eagerly picked up by the press

Building green, sustainable infrastructure may not help with inequality

Green gentrification studies suggest sustainable developments may raise the prices of property nearby