She’s down, but is she out?
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German politics is experiencing a major shift. Merkel knows her time is up.
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Bolsonaro’s election victory left Brazil fragmented
Supporters of Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro celebrate his victory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 28, 2018.
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Our research shows how Brazil’s business elite has influenced the course of politics in the country.
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Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.
A protest in Hong Kong in September against the internment of Uyghur citizens in Xinjiang.
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Uyghur re-education camps are counter-productive and could do exactly the opposite of what the Chinese state intends.
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In a country where 26% of the population has access to mobile internet, India’s working class women are finding other ways to fight the patriarchy.
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The system of welfare conditionality that underpins Universal Credit is ineffective at moving people off social security and into work.
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The chances of your genetic data being recorded by the state depend on who you are.
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Constructive ambiguity on the biggest issue of the day works in opposition, but Labour wants to be in government before long.
One’s enough to worry about.
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China wants its citizens to have more children. But they are reluctant to.
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Banning a handful of breeds has not helped to improve public safety.
The International Development Finance Corporation is America’s latest way of reining in China’s growing global influence. It’s going to need a bigger war chest.
A Christmas party at a border transit camp for refugees in Friedland, 2016.
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Despite heated debates about immigration policy, German citizens’ views of migrants and a ‘refugee crisis’ changed little in the year after Angela Merkel’s 2015 decision to open borders.
Sahar Zeki, a friend of Jamal Khashoggi, outside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, October 23, 2018.
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The death of the Saudi columnist shows the hazards faced by journalists – especially if the US doesn’t like what they do.
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Halloween walks a thin line between entertainment and offence - so how can we engage with it ethically?
Patriarch Bartolomew: making moves into Ukraine.
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Ukrainian nationalism – and a president on the rocks – has sparked a religious crisis.
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The harsh realities of being a child in austerity-driven Britain – revealed.
British troops were operating against communist insurgents in the Malay Emergency when the massacre took place.
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British troops allegedly killed 24 unarmed villagers in Batang Kali in 1948, but the government still refuses a public inquiry.
Former child migrants sent from Britain to Australia, listen to an apology from Gordon Brown in 2010.
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The British government is yet to set up a formal redress scheme for children sent away as migrants to Australia and elsewhere.
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Has anyone asked the EU if it actually wants the UK back now?
Speak up for them.
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Citizens around the world will determine whether human rights flourish or sink.
Women protest Bolsonaro in Brasília, Brazil.
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Women are fighting to tip the Brazilian election by using morals over politics.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on October 17.
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Jamal Khashoggi’s murder will have ramifications for the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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A new study has highlighted the damaging psychological impact of welfare conditionality on disabled people.
A global campaign.
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A year after #metoo caught the world’s attention, is the media letting the campaign down?