Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
Like most countries, India runs a fiscal deficit, which means that it spends more than it earns
The river politics behind South Asia's floods
India and Nepal share an open border that stretches for nearly 1,800km (1,118 miles)
Neil Armstrong - the man behind the legend
Neil Armstrong is one of the most famous people in human history
What could peace in Afghanistan look like?
The war in Afghanistan is now the deadliest conflict in the world, causing more casualties than the fighting in Syria, Libya or Yemen
Four things you may not know about Apollo 11
A total of 10 lunar modules are sent into space and six landed humans on the moon
Why Russia is still fighting world's biggest tank battle
The Prokhorovka controversy shows just how sensitive the war remains for Russians - a war that claimed more than 20 million Soviet lives
Why Hong Kong's 'dead' bill is bad for business
The comments provided much relief for businesses concerned about the fall-out from proposed changes to allow for extraditions to mainland China
India's unique way to beat air pollution
Air pollution in India is caused by fumes from cooking on wood or dung indoors in villages
Is India's weather becoming more extreme?
India relies on the heavy rains of the annual monsoon season for most of its water needs
How the US became the first country to land on the Moon
A space race developed between the US and the then Soviet Union, after the 1957 launch of the first Soviet Sputnik satellite
Chinese city enraged by plans to burn its rubbish
While the world's attention has been focused on the protests in Hong Kong, another Chinese…
How conspiracy theories followed man to the Moon
Thousands of Internet sites are devoted to "proving" that the landing never happened, or calling into question the whole Apollo 11 mission
What's the state of illegal immigration in US?
As campaigning for the 2020 election ramps up, President Donald Trump has continued to focus…
'My strict Asian parents made me awkward and lonely'
The more exposure you have to the world the more you will learn and grow as a person
Swine fever: Asia fights deadly pig disease
The highly contagious and incurable virus is deadly to pigs but not dangerous to humans
Russians search for answers after new sea tragedy
Churches across northern Russia have been holding services in memory of the dead
Did Hong Kong violence sway public opinion?
The 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China was marked on 1 July
Why India's Chennai has run out of water
Between 1980 and 2010, heavy construction in the city meant its area under buildings increased from 47 sq km to 402 sq km
DMZ, where Trump met Kim, is a vestige of Cold War
The venue of the third Trump-Kim meeting was the Korean border village of Panmunjom, located inside the DMZ
When Australia, New Zealand dehyphenate
'Australia New Zealand' is practically one word in the UK on most days — except when they face off
Chaos and killings: 10 minutes at London Bridge
The sun has gone down on a warm summer's night in London
Why Europe is sizzling in an unusual heatwave
The heatwave has already caused flash floods and forest fires, grounded planes and buckled train tracks and led to school closures and warnings over air quality
European countries set new June heat records
Meteorologists say exceptionally hot air blown in from northern Africa is to blame for the European heatwave
Why EU is unfazed by no-deal Brexit threats
The day the Brexit extension runs out - 31 October - seems an eternity away in political terms
Michael Jackson: Remembering a man with a heart too big
Michael Jackson’s true gift was the fact that he harbored in him a big heart and a gentle soul who never stopped trying to make this world a better place
Encephalitis deaths reveal cracks in India healthcare
More than 150 children have now died in an outbreak of the disease, which is also known as "brain fever"
The tales of five successful Beanibazar women
They have struggled and grown beyond financial hardship to stand as examples for others of their gender in an otherwise conservative society
How Hong Kong-China tensions spread to US
The sentence is originally from an ancient Chinese history book dated back more than 2,000 years
Chennai water crisis: 'We can't do anything'
The water scarcity at the fishermen's colony is just the tip of the crisis that has gripped Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, for weeks now
Gulf crisis: Are we heading for a new tanker war?
The US navy invested heavily in technology and training to avoid such catastrophic mistakes in the future
Why Shakib most valuable player in the World Cup
It says Shakib is the player who can bring Bangladesh’s dream of playing in the World Cup semifinals ahead by his tremendous effort in the field. He already scored two centuries in the World Cup
Khashoggi, MH17 and the problem of impunity
The other document, on the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 with the deaths of 298 people, has the status of a legal inquiry
More than 70 million displaced worldwide – UN
More than two thirds of all refugees worldwide came from Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia
India's sixth largest city 'runs out of water'
The acute water shortage has forced the city to scramble for urgent solutions, including drilling new boreholes
How cities around the globe fight rising rents
Lawmakers in New York state last Friday (June 14) passed a bill aimed at protecting lower-income families from skyrocketing rents
Promotion, protection of women, children a priority for SAARC
“We are committed to ensure that children grow well to be able to make meaningful contribution to the society"
Pakistan's 6 World Cup defeats against India: what went wrong?
Pakistan's World Cup history against India is not just painful, it's gut-wrenching, traumatic and makes for a torturous reading
Why would Iran attack tankers in the Gulf of Oman?
The sanctions are designed to dissuade other nations from purchasing Iranian oil, which brings in a huge proportion of Iran's revenue
Iran, the US and the Gulf: What now?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has swiftly and categorically pointed the finger of blame at Tehran
Why did Messi walk away from Argentina?
Messi is Argentina's all-time top scorer with 67 goals, and is not far from becoming their most capped player