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How four Asian economies are positioning themselves for the AI age
Asia’s middle powers are identifying how and where they can cultivate indispensability in the AI value chain.
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Running for parliament in Malawi costs a fortune: economic crisis undermines democracy
For many Malawians living in acute poverty, elections provided an opportunity to secure much-needed relief.
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The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive
American churches could not rely on the state for financial support. Private philanthropy helped them survive – and shaped the country’s religious diversity today.
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Caitlin Johnstone: All mainstream Western institutions view Palestinian lives as worthless
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The BBC recently interviewed an Israeli settler who said that all the Palestinians in four surrounding villages should be exterminated to avenge an Israeli who was killed while terrorising a Palestinian village last month, adding that just a single Jewish life is worth 10 million Palestinian lives. “I think now after
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Count Binface: why Britain’s ‘joke’ election candidates deserve to be taken seriously
Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.
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Loneliness may damage health in ways isolation does not – new study
Research suggests loneliness and depression can reinforce each other, while social isolation has a more limited effect.
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NZ’s shameful silence on Gaza is potentially complicity with genocide
The New Zealand government remains shamefully silent on Gaza, despite being a signatory to international agreements that oblige it to act, writes John Hobbs in E-Tangata. COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs A friend who lives in Gaza, just posted the following: From the sea of Gaza, I do not look out . . . I stand
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John Minto: When TVNZ’s Israeli ‘counter-terrorism’ op against Palestinians is actually a lie
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Television New Zealand outdid itself last week. For decades it has been a direct funnel for Israeli propaganda into our living rooms and last week TVNZ news editors managed to turn an Israeli pogrom against a Palestinian community into the need for Israel to launch a “major counter-terrorism operation” against Palestinians.
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Even if Hamas disarms, the challenge in Gaza will be accountability
History suggests that without legal and moral accountability, reconciliation and durable peace will remain elusive.
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What Gabon’s rating downgrade tells us about how sovereign credit worthiness is judged
Sovereign creditworthiness is interpreted and reassessed through several overlapping evaluations.
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Climate-related ‘silent adaptation’ coping strategies are going beyond official directives
At local level, many grassroots initiatives are cropping up to tackle unforeseen climate-related events, but improvising and instinctive ways of working are often overlooked in public policy.
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Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi Bazaar: a world made from shipping containers and a city within a city
Every container opens onto its own distinct social world.