Violent chaos: security forces occupy a prison in Esmeraldas in northwestern Ecuador.
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Poverty, insecurity and a naive and misguided drugs policy have led to a virtual civil war in Ecuador.
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro wants a new approach to the war on drugs.
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Colombia’s current president, Gustavo Petro, is pushing for a new global approach to drug addiction and use.
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Dancing boosts wellbeing and reduces absenteeism and presenteeism.
Because caffeine is water and fat soluble, it’s able to exert its affects on many parts of the body.
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Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive substance globally.
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The rules on what counts as taxable income haven’t changed.
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The liver has remarkable self-healing powers. But it has limits, so don’t abuse it.
The entrance to For All Mankind’s Happy Valley.
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In sci-fi depictions, extraterrestrial habitats have evolved tandem with scientific understanding of conditions on planets
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The tech elite’s obssession with upgrading humanity offers a grandiose narrative to distract from today’s more pressing challenges and injustices.
Judges arrive for the hearing of the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, January 2024.
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The crime of genocide was first established in law by a Polish Jew who had fled the Nazis and wanted to hold them to account for the Holocaust.
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Donald Trump may be the GOP’s frontrunner, but there’s a good reason why President Biden wants to face him in November’s presidential election.
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Private prosecutions can serve the public interest but the system needs better oversight and inspection.
Ultra-processed foods have received a lot of attention in recent months.
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Hype around ultra-processed food may be causing unnecessary anxiety among people who already struggle with food or worry about their health.
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With the Panama Canal in drought and the Strait of Hormuz also vulnerable to Iran, global trade routes are under severe pressure.
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Researchers have found that music with a fast tempo, written in the major mode evokes a sense of happiness.
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You might think someone is guilty because of unconscious opinions you hold regarding certain traits.
Xanax pills.
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Synthetic opioids called nitazenes are ones to watch in 2024.
Paula Vennells.
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Constitutional expert Craig Prescott answers our questions about the UK honours system.
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The Post Office has exploited the slowness of legal and political institutions.
The head of Crimea’s Russian-backed government Sergey Aksyonov, is behind the reemergence of Smersh.
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Smersh was originally set up to trace German spies in the Soviet Union during the Second World War.
A participant in the Tuskegee syphilis study sits on steps in front of a house in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease.