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Thousands of workers are building a $2.5 billion pipeline across some of the most challenging terrain in Asia.
Chinese hydroelectric projects squeeze Burmese residents, many of whom have been left in the dark.
From Mandalay to Kunming, the central artery between Burma and China reflects an evolving economic and political relationship.
Celebratory gun salutes are a traditional feature of North Caucasus nuptials, but the custom is causing havoc in Mosocw.
"Don’t be scared of disclosing all the information to Exxon Mobil. They need help too!" an activist in Papua New Guinea tells a journalist. "They might think that they are doing everything right!"
Up to 100,000 nomads have been removed from the highland grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. Climate change, mining and government policy are causing the rapid disappearance of this unique culture.
The interrogation of a suspected bomber in volatile Helmand province raises questions about the security in the region.
The tide of brain drain – from developing countries to industrialized nations – has turned. Human capital is now returning home to Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa.
Chinese who found it hard to fit in at the water cooler abroad feel newly valued at home as China creates a reverse brain drain by using financial incentives to lure native talent back home.
In the global reverse brain drain, Poles returning home influence their sometimes frumpy, provincial homeland in everything from toilets to insurance coverage and workplace attitudes.
Reverse brain drain means twofold "brain gain" for Brazil as the global recession pulls native Brazilians home and, with them, a wave of European migrants leaving their austerity stricken homelands.
Brazil, with its growing economy, has become a magnet for immigration. Former Rio slums attract young, hip European immigrants looking for cheap housing.
With Egypt stuck dangling between its past and future, a growing number of entrepreneurs are trying to propel the nation forward despite its troubled economy.