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Russian collusion probe: What charges against Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos could mean for Trump

The news about George Papadopoulos establishes an effort by Russia to contact the Trump campaign in an effort to help Trump win the presidency

Catalonia crisis shows Spain's constitution is no longer fit for purpose

For Puigdemont, calling new elections would be a high-risk tactic

How the Catalan economy benefited under Franco and what it means now

The easiest way for me to begin responding to these questions is by relating a personal story

Catalonia declares independence - and Spain enters uncharted territory

One of the first measures required by Article 155 will be the sacking of the Catalan president

Ransomware like Bad Rabbit is big business

FBI considers computer break-ins and data ransoming the top two cyber threats we face

They shot my 2 daughters in front of me: Rohingya tell stories of loss

Land unoccupied is now cramped shanty city of bamboo, tarpaulin and mud that seems to go on forever

Meet the giant dinosaur that roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago

Evidence for this massive beast comes from a set of three-toed, 57cm long and 50cm wide footprints recently found in western Lesotho

Catalonia crisis shows Spain's constitution is no longer fit for purpose

Due to errors on both sides, the possibility for constructive dialogue remains feeble

Indigenous people invented the so-called 'American Dream'

Many of the values that inspire the American Dream - liberty, equality - originated with native North Americans

Are self-driving cars the future of mobility for disabled people?

Self-driving cars present fundamentally new ways to think about transportation and accessibility

How Blade Runner 2049 prepares us to welcome robots for real

Science fiction can be a tool for exploring the social and ethical implications of technologies being developed now

Why the Nobel Peace Prize brings little peace

The Nobel Peace Prize rewards aspiration more than achievement

Here's what the Nobel Prize tells us about the state of economics

The big takeaway is a clear resurgence of interest in aggregate economic dynamics such as economic growth, cyclical fluctuations

Ishiguro wins Nobel in Literature for 'novels of great emotional force'

This year's choice, Kazuo Ishiguro, like Patrick Modiano and Dylan, has written for music

World War Three is being waged in cyberspace

Spewing hundreds of thousands of dollars of fake ads into Facebook, Twitter and probably Google, they attacked America full-on

How animals got their spots and stripes - according to maths

The theory is incredibly counter-intuitive, and we can only wonder how Turing discovered it

Catalonia's referendum unmasks authoritarianism in Spain

Why has the Spanish government reacted with such a severe crackdown?

Profile: Japan's controversial, shrewd and ambitious Shinzo Abe

His flagship project, dubbed "Abenomics", is pitched as a three-pronged strategy to lift Japan's economy out of almost three "lost decades"

Standing too much at work can double your risk of heart disease

Standing too long can result in blood pooling in the legs, increased pressure in the veins and increased oxidative stress

I predicted last financial crisis, now soaring global debt levels pose a similar risk

Crises are likely in countries which side-stepped trouble in 2007 by continuing their private debt bubbles