Grab what you can while you can: The new reality in the South China Sea

After years of watching China create land to back its expansive claims, others are doing the same.

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Japan reveals new name for 40C-and-hotter days after blistering summer

The term - kokushobi - translates to

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BBC Two - Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler - Episode guide

All episodes of Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

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Austrian glaciers disintegrating due to climate change, say scientists

Scientists say nearly all of the significant glaciers in the Austrian Alps have shrunk.

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Is this a 'very Chinese time in your life'? Chinamaxxing trend boosts China's soft power

Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

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Is there anything we can do to alleviate flash floods in the West Midlands

Experts say housebuilding and concrete drives are making floods worse, but that there are things we can do.

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How the US has overtaken China's investments in Africa

As the two nations vie for key materials, the US has regained the lead in foreign direct investments in African countries.

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England's most deprived areas named - with Jaywick topping list

Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.

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What are 'leaky dams' and how do they protect Gloucestershire?

Streams are being blocked with branches in Shropshire to protect communities in Gloucestershire.

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Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK

Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

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US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China's dominance

The US and Australia agreed to a framework that includes investments in projects to expand mining and processing of rare earth and critical minerals.

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What are rare earths and critical minerals – explained in 30 seconds

Rare earths are a specific category of critical minerals crucial for defence, auto and electronic industries that have become a flashpoint in diplomacy and trade

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30 Day Map Challenge

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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China tightens export rules for crucial rare earths

The announcement comes ahead of a meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month.

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

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Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears

The project comes as China presses ahead with the US$167 billion (S$216 billion) Yaxia project upstream of Riew. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer

Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.

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Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to Arablish

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McSpaghetti to McAloo Tikki: Inside the world's local McDonald's

From paneer wraps in India to ski-through burgers in Sweden, photojournalist Gary He's new book McAtlas shows that the world's most global chain is also one of the most local.

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