If you think that computer games are all about shooting militants, throwing birds at pigs, or racking up points with "zoology" on a triple word score, you need to think again, ... Read more »
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Africa's urban population is expected to increase from 40 percent to 56 percent by 2050. 90 percent of the world urban population increase will be concentrated in Asia and Africa. ... Read more »
American evangelist Scott Lively now faces a crimes-against-humanity lawsuit, accusing him of successfully encouraging legislation against homosexuals in Uganda. Read more »
Scientists have received a boost of up to U.S.$150 million from the US space agency for a five-year campaign to probe how air pollution, man-made fires and warming oceans may ... Read more »
The post-2015 global climate change agreement should be flexible and fully resourced or else condemn Africa to another cycle of poverty, writes InterPress Service. Read more »
All countries must use the COP20 Summit in Lima to resolve the impasse over "climate finance," and make success possible at the critical Paris talks in December 2015, says Oxfam. Read more »
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