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How do camels survive in deserts?

Camel unique features such as travel in long distance across hot and sandy landscape

Camels are well suited to their desert habitats, with numerous clever adaptations that help them to tolerate extreme hot and cold environments. Camels are part of a group known…

Archaeologists have spent decades debating how and when people first entered the Americas. The outlines are familiar, but the details keep shifting. A growing body of evidence now suggests that the earliest populations arrived earlier than once believed and brought with them a shared way of making stone tools. This…

Singapore is not shy about gambling being risky. That is the big difference you feel there. In many places, gambling rules look loose until a scandal hits. In Singapore, the rules come first, and the fun comes second.

Canada has a lot to gain in Asia. From his attendance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in October 2025 to his recent visit in Beijing, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s diplomatic trips to Asia show that Canada has both an interest and a need to enter the…

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s ‘Decade of Impact’ celebrates ten years of infrastructure development, interconnectivity, and job creation, as it looks towards the next decade of digital transformation.

The partnership between Italy and Japan — its third-largest trading partner in Asia — centres on defence and security, economic security and critical minerals, and cooperation in Africa.

Shares are trading mixed in Asia after Wall Street broke a two-day losing streak, edging back toward record levels

“The policy appears less focused on managing migration volumes than on political signaling," says Tan Sook Rei of James Cook University.

Tensions are growing in east Asia. The threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan persists and, in recent weeks, North Korea has been testing its long-range missile capabilities. Russia’s reorientation of ties from Europe towards Asia is also accelerating and the America First rhetoric of Donald Trump is raising questions…