Feeding the Future
GM Bananas Could Help Blind Children See

And save hundreds of thousands of lives, to boot.

International Development
Merkel Sets Her Sights on Africa

Merkel’s new interest in Africa is a belated acknowledgment of a basic reality: Europe’s migration problem can’t be fixed without a viable Africa strategy.

overreach
Trump DHS Weighs Restricting Foreign Students

Trump administration immigration hawks seem to be getting cocky in the wake of their partial travel ban victory at the Supreme Court.

EVs and Batteries
The Brown Costs of Green Cars

Electric vehicles have a dirty battery secret.

Blame Game
China Denies Responsibility for North Korea

The U.S. and China continue to be at loggerheads over who is to blame for Pyongyang—let alone how to handle the nuclear crisis.

Enviro-Mental
Germany Has a Coal Problem

And Brussels knows it.

Iranian tank destroys satellite dishes as part of a sweep of banned media sources. MOHSEN TAVARO/AFP/Getty Images
Radio Farda
Reading the News in Tehran

What the critics get wrong about RFE-RL’s Persian language news service, Radio Farda.

Blue Model Crisis
Another City Eyes Chapter Nine

Even as the stock market booms, many American cities are watching their financial situations deteriorate.

beyond the ivory tower
The Wages of the Campus Revolts

Republicans’ views of higher education have plummeted over the past few years.

Asia's Game of Thrones
India, Japan, and U.S. Put on a Show for China

The annual Malabar drills push back against China’s ambitions in the Indian Ocean.

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