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Post-truth. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as ”Relating to circumstances in which people respond more to feelings and...
Oct 20, 2023Israel and Gaza: The human toll
How do you begin to measure the depths of depravity in the attack by Hamas militants in southern...
Oct 13, 2023How unregulated sand mining is depleting farmland in Nigeria
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Oct 06, 2023An assault against a cornerstone of democracy
It was the kind of brutal, authoritarian tactics we usually hear about in Russia under Putin or Afghanistan...
Aug 18, 2023What the biggest global heatwave in history tells us about our progress against climate change
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