Off the Grid: A Pacific Island's Internet Blackout | Samanth Subramanian
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Tilly Norwood: How concerned should we be about the viral AI 'actor'?
Becoming Hollywood’s most controversial figure is no small feat, especially with Mel Gibson still in the picture. Yet, Tilly Norwood…
My children are too frightened to play outdoors: Kurdish immigrants encounter animosity while Japan grapples with its population decline.
“I would rather die than go back to Turkey,” says Ali*. “But life is getting harder here too. I’ve noticed…
Swiss voters have narrowly approved the introduction of electronic identity cards.
Swiss voters have narrowly approved electronic identity cards in a second national referendum on the issue. In Sunday’s vote, 50.4%…
Curious about the unsettling reality of the oil industry? Just take a look at their cheap paperweights.
In her bright Glasgow studio, artist Tanoa Sasraku shows me her collection of paperweights made by oil companies. “I find…
Police arrest dozens of Palestine Action protesters outside Labour party conference.
Police have arrested protesters suspected of supporting the banned group Palestine Action outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. According…
Mahmood will pledge to require a high standard of English for those seeking leave to remain.
On Monday, Shabana Mahmood will announce that criminals and those unable to speak English to a high standard will be…
A pastor associated with a Lutheran church group is also connected to the neo-Confederate movement.
A Presbyterian pastor with ties to the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) through various aligned or affiliated groups has a…
"I feel broken": Thousands of South Sudanese are stranded, unable to return home, and facing severe hardship.
Thousands of South Sudanese who fled war-torn Sudan are now stranded in a border town after aid cuts halted their…
'I couldn't bear to watch': European farmers on losing their harvests as agriculture faces worsening drought.
Standing by his parched sunflower field, Thomas Goebel crumbled a handful of sandy soil and gestured toward one of the…