Just 17 countries recognise Taiwan after El Salvador ties foundered on financial aid
El Salvador and Taiwan have severed official ties, with the central American country switching its diplomatic allegiance to China.
Taiwans foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said on Monday Continue reading
Academics identify 16 countries loaned billions that they cant afford to repay
Chinas debtbook diplomacy uses strategic debts to gain political leverage with economically vulnerable countries across the Asia-Pacific region, the US state department has been warned in an independent Continue reading
Projections suggest cities will swell at an astonishing pace but whether that means our salvation or an eco-disaster is by no means certain
The 1960 street map of Lagos, Nigeria, shows a small western-style coastal city surrounded by a Continue reading
An innovative exchange of sovereign debt for marine conservation, backed by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, could pave the way to saving large swaths of the worlds oceans
The tropical island nation of Seychelles is to create two huge Continue reading
Hoang Duc Binh had posted footage on Facebook of fishermen protesting following a huge chemical spill from a steel plant
Hoang Duc Binh had posted footage on Facebook Continue reading
Sir David Warren says it is time for plain speaking on the impact of Britains withdrawal from the European Union
Sir David Warren says it is time Continue reading
Gallup poll shows approval for Americas role in the world under Trump has fallen to 30%, down from 48% under Obama
An elevated level of climate change would lock in irreversible sea-level rises affecting hundreds of millions of people, Guardian data analysis shows
Hundreds of millions of urban dwellers around the world face their cities being inundated by rising seawaters if Continue reading
The 33 islands of Kiribati, a remote and low-lying nation in the Pacific Ocean, are under threat from climate change. But the islanders have not given up hope
Kiribati is one of the most isolated countries in the world. As Continue reading
Kim calls Trump a deranged US dotard as US president says North Korean is obviously a madman
Japan must brace itself for the possible launch of a nuclear-armed North Korean missile over its territory if the regime carries out a Continue reading