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Musicians were able to connect with confused, scared and angry Americans – including those who supported the war – in a way actors, broadcasters and writers could not.
The benefits of hosting the Olympics are so slim, or nonexistent, that fewer cities are bidding to host the games. That’s a sign of serious trouble.
Sub-Saharan countries have unprecedented opportunities to substantially improve health outcomes within a generation, largely with their own resources.
Turkey’s humanitarian response to Rohingya’s crisis highlights President Erdoğan ambition to appear as a world champion for Muslim rights.
The current push towards AI categorisation of people is in danger of embedding a binary view of society.
Secular people, including atheists, in Indonesia have to assume multiple identities: they step into a religious persona for the religious family and friends, and a real one for trusted peers.
For a century, Brazil’s Catholic Church has sent holy statues out to parishioners’ homes. A new study finds that these visits create a local subeconomy, benefitting families and the church.
Two cases remind us of the international presence of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the importance of designing, adopting and enforcing effective anti-corruption policies.
Earth’s thermostat can fail spectacularly at times. Around 700 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions triggered “Snowball Earth”.
The 2007-08 financial crisis affected the world’s advanced economies in profound ways and the ripple effects continue to today.
Baby’s brains have special activity to help them develop – now researchers have found where some of this happens.
Alongside the present horrors being inflicted against the Rohingya in Myanmar, we must consider the broader political and economic context that continues to marginalise minority groups.
Dreading math class as you head back into school? Never fear: Try these tips from famed mathematician George Pólya.
Meet the Commoners’ Alternative Revolutionary Force, Colombia’s newest political party. To move beyond its violent past, the new FARC will need a charismatic leader who can win over voters.
When they arrived in Europe in the early 1960s, South African jazz outfit the Blue Notes revolutionised the London scene. Half a century later, their music is coming home in several new projects.
The international community is powerless to stop the Rohingya genocide – mainly because the countries who could have other interests in the region.
The scale from one to five that is used to measure the destructive power of a hurricane may no longer be enough.
We have better maps of the moon than Earth’s newest continent, Zealandia. That’s about to change as an international expedition probes the vast undersea plateau of continental crust.
The treason charges against Cambodia’s opposition leader Kem Sokha are another step towards autocracy in the kingdom of wonder.
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