New Secretary-General Guterres will reinvigorate UN

Antonio Guterres has become UN secretary-general after an unprecedentedly transparent and rigorous selection process

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Environmental crime could have corporate implications

The International Criminal Court is widening its remit to include environmental crimes

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Obama has vetoed legislation creating terrorism-linked exceptions to sovereign immunity on legal and diplomatic grounds

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The State Department's human trafficking rankings have significant implications for commercial and diplomatic outreach

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The incursion may deter the Kurds from moving west, but will not stop them consolidating their existing territory

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Despite early hopes of closer Canada-China commercial ties, mutual frustrations have slowed the rapprochement

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The risk may be less of a calculated US-Turkish breach by Ankara, than failure to map out medium-to-long-term strategies

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The EU might drop China's NME status in December, though its anti-dumping policy will continue on a different basis

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With less than six months left in office, President Barack Obama is considering changes in US nuclear weapons policy

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The recent UNCLOS ruling in favour of the Philippines presents Hanoi with complex choices

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