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Micro-volunteering has micro-benefits. It’s better to get into volunteering for the longer term.
EPA/Dai Kurokawa
East Africa is dealing with drought, famine, political instability – and hundreds of thousands of people in search of safety.
General Sir Richard Shirreff when serving as commander of the British forces in Kosovo in 2000.
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We should welcome the latest intervention from General Sir Richard Shirreff – he knows what he is talking about.
Keoni Cabral
Both sides of the debate are promising to cut European red tape – which seems to mean cutting equality laws.
EPA/Nawras Aamer
Fallujah has been an icon of Sunni resistance ever since the US bombed it in 2004.
PA/Andrew Milligan
The hopeful vision presented by pro-independence campaigners in Scotland has endured – even though they lost their referendum.
The mountain village of Novara di Sizilia, Italy.
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When villages across Spain, Portugal and Italy are abandoned, the regions’ unique culture and heritage is lost, too.
Donald Trump and Adam Smith.
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American democracy is in thrall to an aggressive demagogue – and Adam Smith and friends saw it coming more than 200 years ago.
Syrian asylum seekers at a camp in Lesvos, Greece.
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A Syrian asylum seeker has been permitted to stay in Greece on the grounds that Turkey is not safe for return. It could be a major blow for the EU’s controversial refugee strategy.
The party was over before it started for Louis Van Gaal.
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The sacking of Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal shows football really is a funny game. But was anyone else to blame?
Louis XIV in new TV drama Versailles.
BBC
From the halcyon days of Louis XIV, the French global seat of power was soon pulled down by corruption, elitism and arbitrary rule. Sound familiar?
Without community journalists, many constituents would be uninformed about local issues.
Centre for Community Journalism, Cardiff University
Community media is ensuring society stays informed at all political levels.
Caught out: Romero Jucá.
EPA/Fernando Bizerra Jr.
Supporters of Brazil’s suspended president have argued that the push to impeach her was a plot – and it turns out they weren’t far off.
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It’s too easy to make assumptions based on an accent or the pitch of a voice.
British battlecruiser HMS Indefatigable sunk during the Battle of Jutland.
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Both sides claimed victory after the German and British fleets met off the coast of Denmark, 100 years ago.
Barack Obama and Shinzō Abe at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
EPA/Kimimasa Mayama
Speaking at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Barack Obama sounded a hopeful note – but both the US and Japan still fall short.
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The number of people who identify with a religion is declining, but that doesn’t mean it’s on its way out.
A call to arms…
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A new book warns that a lack of Western resolve could lead to World War III.
Russian troops march through Moscow to mark Victory Day.
PA/Alexander Zemlianichenko
A number of tripwires could set off a chain of events leading to war.
EPA/Larry W. Smith
Donald Trump’s call for a barrier on the Mexican border rides a two-decade-long wave of vigilantism and grassroots activism.
Looking sharp.
EPA/Kimimasa Mayama
As the tension in the East China Sea continues to mount, Japan’s militaristic conservatives are putting their country on an aggressive footing.
Chris Goldberg
If Britain votes to leave, residents of the Rock won’t come along quietly.
‘If Steve McQueen can do it …“
Gabriele Maltini
Conservative MP David Davies has been telling anti-TTIP activists that a leave vote is how they can torpedo the deal.
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Having a baby in prison can be traumatic, so how can this issue be solved?
European Council President, Donald Tusk, meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on a visit to Ankara in September 2015.
Turkish President Press Office
Supporters of the campaign for Brexit claim the UK could not veto Turkish accession to the EU. We asked two academics to check the facts.