A 2014 view of Gaoui refugee camp in N'Djamena, Chad. Pressure on refugee camps in Chad has increased due to latest fighting in Sudan.
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Special counsel Jack Smith prepares to talk to reporters on June 9, 2023, after the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
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Antimicrobial resistance is now a leading cause of death worldwide due to drug-resistant infections, including drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, pneumonia and Staph infections like the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus shown here.
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Yu Chen, Binghamton University, State University of New York
There are many uses for digital systems that are not centrally controlled and that allow large numbers of people to participate securely, even if they don’t all know and trust each other.
The destruction of this massive dam is a huge blow to Ukraine’s plans for a counter-offensive in the south.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives to attend his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square venue, Abuja, on May 29, 2023.
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Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
The UK leader’s visit to the US comes amid trouble at home, with low ratings for his Conservative Party. But don’t expect much joy for Sunak on trade or Northern Ireland.
Anonymous posters such as this one have campaigned against philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith, author of the book Gender-Critical Feminism.
Trans activists are running a campaign against University of Melbourne philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith. It raises a host of challenging ethical questions.
The USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship cross into its path.
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A fire killed 38 migrants in a Mexico detention facility in March 2023. A sociologist’s conversations with migrants show that they had a common response to this news – a deep sense of grief.
Masturbation seems like an evolutionary conundrum. New research has found an explanation.
People march with a banner that reads in Spanish ‘Stop the adjustment, out with the IMF,’ in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 9, 2023.
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As drone strikes become a more routine part of warfare, a set of rules or standards that can help determine how they are used in warfare is needed, writes a former US diplomat.
Is Lula pursuing divisiveness or diplomatic pragmatism on the world stage?
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Lula’s courting of – or by – China and Western powers has confounded critics. But in reality, it is a continuation of the foreign policy he pursued during his earlier term in power.
Hurricane Florence, seen from the International Space Station in 2018. Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
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Anti-racist programs and fines have failed to end racism in European soccer. Part of the problem is that Black players have little representation higher up the sport’s hierarchy.
What if prehistoric men and women joined forces in hunting parties?
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If hunter-gatherers went beyond nose-to-tail eating to include the undigested plant matter in a prey animal’s stomach, assumptions about gendered division of labor start to fall apart.
Not only is it important to ask questions and find the answers, as a scientist I felt obligated to communicate with the world what we were learning
Stephen Hawking
The question of how difficult it is for life to emerge is interesting – not least because it can shed some light on the likelihood of finding life on other planets.
US marines with a female engagement team in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, in May 2012.
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