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Making Rules and Making Realities as Global Governors

Seven stocks carried the S&P 500 in 2023. Their...

‘Hackers leaked intimate photos after my laptop was stolen’

2 hours agoBy Steven McIntosh, Entertainment reporterBBCWhen hackers threatened to leak a film-maker's nude photos stored on her stolen laptop, she turned the cameras on...

Iran’s Hostage Swapping: A Brief History

On Saturday, Iran and Sweden exchanged prisoners. The swap had the appearance of any two countries engaged in diplomatic negotiations to free their...

What grief for a dying planet looks like: Climate scientists on the edge | Climate Crisis News

“I was scared as hell. … I remember feeling very nervous.” On April 6, 2022, Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion...

Review – China’s Rise in the Global South

China’s Rise in the Global South: The Middle East,...

Iranian convicted of war crimes freed in Sweden prisoner swap

1 hour agoBy Dearbail Jordan, Reporter, BBC News HandoutMr Floderus, 33, was facing the death penalty after his arrest in Iran in 2022 on accusations...

The Sticking Points That Kept Russia and Ukraine Apart

Russia and Ukraine failed to agree on a range of critical issues when they held peace talks in the spring of...

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown | Crime News

President Xiomara Castro says new measures including ‘terrorist’ designations for gang members are in response to public complaints about rising violence.Authorities in Honduras...

Interview – William Allchorn

Dr William Allchorn is an Adjunct Associate Professor in...

Left-wing parties form ‘popular front’ to fight National Rally

39 minutes agoBy Paul Kirby, BBC NewsJULIEN DE ROSA/AFPOne party that appears to be completely out of the race is the conservative Republicans, who imploded...

Putin Makes Cease-Fire Offer With Sweeping Demands on Ukraine’s Territory

President Vladimir V. Putin said on Friday that Russia would be ready to order a cease-fire in Ukraine and enter negotiations with its...

Wild Przewalski’s horses return to Kazakhstan after 200 years | Wildlife News

The first group of seven horses arrived in Kazakhstan in early June and a further 40 are planned for the next five years. Przewalski’s...

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