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Currency crises: Argentina’s president-elect has a long list of economic issues to tackle
Trust fall: Faith in news reports has fallen again
Facts of life: Wiki is an invaluable tool for giving context
Nation allocation: What does the UN spend its budget on?
No new data: China has stopped reporting youth unemployment
Endangered: Popularity with tourists could be Venice's undoing
Hot air: Temperature records are breaking around the world
Bridging the gap: At a global level, income inequality continues to fall
Gloomy: The IMF doesn't hold much hope for the UK this year
International Women's Day: Charting global gender inequality
One year on: It's been 365 days since Russia invaded Ukraine
Gold diggers: American mining giant Newmont is looking to strike a deal
Crooked: Plotting the latest Corruption Perceptions Index
War, inflation and oil. How the Russian invasion shook the world.
Here comes the sun: Solar power is rising fast
Global gender gaps: Putting Iran's protests in context
CCP: The Chinese Covid Protests
Qatar spend: The 2022 World Cup is the most expensive ever
The carbon conundrum: Plotting emissions, as COP27 enters its final week
Afghanistan: Years of progress in education are now at risk
Inmates: The US incarceration rate has fallen again
More extreme, more often: How global warming makes extreme events more likely
Cuba: The country is in turmoil, as protests spill into the streets
Troops in Afghanistan: US troops in Afghanistan now likely number hundreds, rather than thousands
Twins: Twins are a lot more common than they used to be
Coral reef: Rising sea temperatures are putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk
Pandemic hobbies: Some have stuck around longer than others
State of the pandemic: Where are we vs. the peak? We check the latest data on 6 key regions
Less conversation, more action: How many countries have made pledges to get to net zero emissions?
An own goal: The proposed soccer "Super League" was all about money
COVID in India: Cases are exploding in the world's second most populous country
Vaccine update: How long until we've administered enough?
New kids on the bloc: 15 countries just signed the world's largest trade agreement
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