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US foreign policy in five doctrines
Looking back at five big US foreign policy shifts from the Monroe doctrine in the 19th Century to the post-9/11 strategies of the Bush doctrine in th…
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Protest in the age of the 'Kill Switch'
In the face of widespread protests, the Iranian government ‘switched off’ the country’s access to the internet on 8th January. In Uganda, prior to re…
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Living in Greenland
Described by Donald Trump as “a giant piece of ice,” the world’s largest island has found itself at the centre of global attention. The president’s d…
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Daughters of thunder
In small towns and rural areas across the south of the United States traditional family churches have long been key guardians of black culture, memor…
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Bonus: Introducing: The History Bureau
If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft turns out to be flawed? The History Bureau revisits the defining stories of o…
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Greece: Rescuers on Trial
In a case with profound implications for European migration policy, two dozen former volunteer humanitarian workers have been on trial on the Greek i…
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Black girlhood in photos and writing
Black girls performing in a parade on the streets of Chicago and playing in the surf at Martha's Vineyard offer a glimpse of what it is like, growing…
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New elements
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before? The search for element 120 on the periodic table has begun at the Lawren…
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Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline
Kenyan authorities recently reported that 200 of their citizens are fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Many of them have reported that they t…
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Surviving an avalanche
In the past few days there have been a number of deaths on ski slopes in the Alps and, in recent months, hikers in Greece, climbers in Italy’s Dolomi…
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