This is "believed to be the most reproduced painting anywhere in the world”, with more than 900 million copies made. It is featured in a new exhibition at the British [...]

Bangladesh's textiles and jute minister, Abdul Latif Siddique, has expressed surprise at US ambassador Dan W Mozena's call for trade unions to be represented in all the [...]

The Chinese authorities have reportedly given the go-ahead for a dam that would stand almost 130 metres taller than the Three Gorges Dam.

An Australian led-project to turn 1.4 million tonnes of Chinese pig poo into alternative energy and fertiliser has been hailed in a national science award.

Australian farmers want excess water from large floods to be ‘banked’ in aquifers, for use in dry times.

The tradition of civil disobedience is being reignited, says Greenpeace leader Kumi Naidoo.

The hope in Pakistan is that Nawaz Sharif doesn’t repeat the shortcomings of previous governments. The worry is that his party largely failed to address the challenges that [...]

Talent Ng'andwe looks at whether developing country space programmes are spending money that would be better allocated to ground-based development.