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What can a new UN Secretary-General achieve?

2

Is a deal on the Kuril Islands ever possible?

3

Can middle powers reshape the world?

4

How can Nepal’s economy rebuild after floods?

5

How did Italian politics become stable?

6

Can China’s polar silk road change global trade?

7

Can Africa take control of its digital future?

8

Should rivers have personhood?

9

How has the Cockroach Janta Party changed India’s politics?

10

Can elections restore Moroccans’ faith in their country?

11

Is daylight saving time working?

12

Is Indigenous education at risk?

13

Can we live with extreme heat?

14

Can the illicit gold trade be stopped?

15

Are we closer to gene therapy for sickle cell disease being accessible?

16

Is Kenya serious about ending femicide?

17

Can the New World Screwworm be stopped?

18

Is technology ruining sport?

19

Can Brussels crack the gender pay gap?

20

Why does Ebola keep coming back?

21

Is Portugal’s drugs policy in need of reform?

22

What’s the future for monetary unions?

23

Are the Himalayan glaciers at a tipping point?

24

What is the future of the European Union?

25

Are countries really running out of jet fuel?

26

Should we mine the Moon?

27

Cycling: Is it time to swap four wheels for two?

28

How will countries boycotting Eurovision affect the contest?

29

Is it time to scrap the Commonwealth Games?

30

Why is basic income being debated?

31

Is the revolution in Cuba over?

32

How can rewilding help combat climate change?

33

Why is Poland’s economy booming?

34

How will Spain’s migrant amnesty work?

35

Can the world catch China in the rare earths race?

36

Is the 2026 World Cup an own goal?

37

Why are our taps running dry?

38

What does the national election mean for the future of Bangladesh?

39

What's behind the rise in shoplifting?

40

Is history repeating itself in Iran?

41

Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct?

42

Can Kenya answer the call for employment?

43

How did music megatours become such a money spinner?

44

Will there ever be a single global language?

45

How can Nigeria stop its kidnap crisis?

46

Is it last orders for the wine industry?

47

Will Australia’s social media ban start a global trend?

48

Is Cyprus moving closer to reunification?

49

Is the new Pope woke?

50

Is the world ready for more climate migration?

51

Is trouble brewing for the worldwide tea industry?

52

Is the UN Security Council still relevant?

53

Can Benin win back its diaspora?

54

Can Gen Z shape a new Nepal?

55

Is Trump building a crypto economy?

56

Why are more people getting Lyme disease?

57

Why does Mexico owe the US water?

58

Is it time to copyright your face?

59

Is time up for TikTok in the US?

60

How much of a threat is satellite warfare?

61

Is Japan moving to the right?

62

Can Indonesia afford free lunches?

63

How are drones changing the landscape of modern warfare?

64

What does Syria’s recent conflict tell us about al-Sharaa’s presidency?

65

How has one leaked phone call shaken Thai politics?

66

What will Chile’s latest telescope tell us about the universe?

67

Is AI eroding our critical thinking?

68

Can Brazil’s supercows feed the world?

69

Does Trump care about Taiwan?

70

How crucial is the Strait of Hormuz to global oil supplies?

71

Are we closer to a European army?

72

Have we seen a breakthrough in preventing genetic diseases?

73

Are diamonds forever in Botswana?

74

Can we stop killer fungi?

75

What does Japan’s rice crisis say about its economy?

76

Why are global cases of measles rising?

77

Will Serbia’s mass protests unseat the president?

78

Is extinction a thing of the past?

79

What is President Trump’s economic plan?

80

What does President Putin want now?

81

Is SpaceX ok?

82

What will happen now with Romania’s elections?

83

Do we need a new Nato?

84

Can South Africa solve land inequality?

85

Can the world rely on its undersea cable network?

86

Do we need the International Criminal Court?

87

Are we ready for the new male contraceptives?

88

How can Panama satisfy President Trump?

89

Where are we in the battle against inflation?

90

Why is China building the world’s biggest dam?

91

What next for Syria?

92

Is fake alcohol a global threat?

93

Are we close to a cancer vaccine?

94

Can RFK Jnr ‘make America healthy again?’

95

Can Bhutan retain its happiness?

96

Can Nato protect the Baltic Sea?

97

Does Germany need to reinvent itself?

98

Is Europe’s car industry at a crossroads?

99

What’s the future for Syria’s divided north?

100

Can Boeing turn it around?