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Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic
Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.
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A new Houthi front and expanded Iranian attacks risk sinking Gulf nations’ choke-point workaround and widening shipping risks
The ongoing war in Iran has created an expanding zone of risk for shipping, including for Saudi Arabia’s strategy of redirecting oil exports away from Hormuz.
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Britain’s quarter century: shrinking families, ethnic tensions and queer winners and losers
The changing face of demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ politics.
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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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Confused about carbon capture? Experts explain why we need different types
Carbon dioxide removal is different to carbon capture, utilisation and storage. It’s easy to confuse the two processes but they tackle different problems.
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The UK is building a fighter jet with Japan and Italy – an aviation expert explains why it could be a defence gamechanger
Partner nations say the jet will give them military advantage in an increasingly unstable world.
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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.
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Detroit has a shortage of national retailers. What can officials do to attract more chains to the city?
The city of Detroit has hired a senior director of retail attraction to bring national and regional chains into the city.
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Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
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HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping and solar energy – here’s how they could be bridges instead
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
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Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.