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Meeting settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank
Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have broken UN records this year, reaching the highest level in almost 20 years.…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Trump looking for war with Venezuela?
Tensions between the US and Venezuela are reaching a dangerous tipping point. The Trump administration has accused president Nicolas Maduro of leadin…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Why K-beauty is everywhere
The promise of pore-free, glassy, youthful-looking skin has made Korean beauty products a global phenomenon. Americans spent as much $1.7bn (£1.3bn) …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think
After the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, Australia tightened its gun laws, and has since been considered a world-leading example by gun control advoca…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
What would it take for Putin to stop fighting in Ukraine?
President Trump says a Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ following talks in Berlin with European officials and a delegation from Ukraine. But …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Bondi Beach massacre and the rise of antisemitic violence
Australia is reeling after its deadliest mass shooting in decades, in which gunmen opened fire on Jewish people gathered for a Hanukkah event on Bond…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
Fighting broke out last week on the Thai-Cambodian border, despite a US-brokered ceasefire in July. The conflict was one of the eight wars that Presi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
**This episode contains descriptions of abuse and violence**
In November, the Italian parliament voted unanimously to introduce the term “femicide” in…
7 months ago
Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’
Europe is facing the prospect of ‘civilizational erasure’. That is the official view of the Trump administration, as put in a radical policy document…
7 months ago
How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator
This week, Syrians have been celebrating the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime and the end of almost 14 years of civil war. In the ye…
7 months ago