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Can climate shocks change how people feel about paying taxes?
Citizens don’t just respond to disasters. They also respond to how governments manage them.
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Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s military has hit out against budget cuts it copped last Friday. In a social media post, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), which has gained influence in law enforcement over the last year, issued an apparent warning to detractors to recognise the role they play in Fijian society. “The RFMF… genuinely
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Heat is destroying Australia’s underwater forests. Seaweed biobanks could help save them
Many of Australia’s shimmering seaweed forests are disappearing as the oceans get hotter. It’s time for an insurance policy.
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Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis
The economic and social conditions in which anti-migrant sentiment has exploded in South Africa include high joblessness and a collapse of government services.
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Andy Burnham wants to turbocharge devolution. He’ll have to convince the Treasury
The Treasury has tended to keep a tight rein on spending.
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King Charles reveals his personal tax bill – here’s what it does and doesn’t tell us about royal finances
The king is not legally liable to pay tax.
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Techno tourism in Detroit – what do visitors owe the city that created the music?
Detroit’s repeat tourists help spread understanding of techno’s local roots as the music industry continues to commercialize the subculture.
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This is the story that Trump and the West doesn’t want you to know
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean Across my social media platforms, I encounter daily a particular brand of ignorance that I find increasingly impossible to ignore. Iran is dismissed as a crazy country ruled by medieval mullahs, its people caricatured as fanatics who chant “Death to America” for no coherent reason. And from that caricature flows a
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Central bank gold holdings are at a 50-year high. What’s behind the jump in reserves?
For some central banks, stores of gold can offer a shield against financial sanctions.
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US Supreme Court opens the courthouse door to lawsuits tied to Cuba’s property seizures 6 decades after the fact
One law generally shields foreign governments and companies they own from lawsuits in US courts. Another lets many Cuban cases proceed, according to a new ruling.
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The international legal order is broken: 2 key shifts needed to fix it
Most states know that without widely understood and accepted international laws and principles it would be harder to resolve their disagreements peacefully.
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Cracks in the International Space Station are causing air leaks – how much longer can it remain habitable?
A worsening leak on June 5 forced five crew members to prepare for an emergency evacuation.