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The World’s Ageing Societies Explained: Japan, South Korea and the Population Crunch
Japan and South Korea are ageing faster than any nations in history. We explain the causes, the consequences, and what the world…
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Megacities Explained: How the World’s Largest Cities Keep Growing
From Tokyo to Lagos, megacities now house over half a billion people. We explain what drives their growth and the challenge of…
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The Global Diaspora Explained: How Migrant Communities Shape Economies Back Home
Migrants sent home a record $860 billion in 2023. We explain how diasporas reshape the economies, politics and cultures of the countries…
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The World’s Most Spoken Languages Explained: Mandarin, Spanish, English and Beyond
Nearly half of humanity speaks one of just 23 languages. We rank the world's most spoken tongues and explain why the ranking…
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How English Became the World’s Global Language
From a muddy island tongue to the language of 1.5 billion people: the story of how English conquered the world through empire,…
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The Arabic Language Explained: One Language, Many Dialects
Spoken by 400 million people from Morocco to Oman, Arabic is one language and many at once. We explain its dialects, its…
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Mandarin Chinese Explained: Tones, Characters and 1.4 Billion Speakers
Mandarin has more native speakers than any language on Earth. We explain its tones, its characters, and the surprising logic that makes…
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The World’s Writing Systems Explained: Alphabets, Logograms and Scripts
From Egyptian hieroglyphs to the Latin alphabet on your screen, writing has been reinvented only a handful of times. We explain the…
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How Switzerland’s Direct Democracy Works: Referendums, Cantons and Neutrality Explained
Swiss citizens vote on laws four times a year. This explainer shows how referendums, cantons and neutrality built the world's most hands-on…
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Dying Languages Explained: Why Half the World’s Tongues May Vanish This Century
Of 7,000 languages, one dies roughly every two weeks. We explain why languages vanish, what is lost with them, and the global…