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How humans are altering the tides of the oceans
In the mid-2000s Talke was a postdoctoral scholar at Utrecht University, studying the river Ems that empties into the North…
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Cruise ship staff still adrift after 110 days and counting
Thousands of cruise ship workers, including some Australians, are still trapped on ships unable to dock because of COVID-19 restrictions.…
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US sends carriers to S China Sea during Chinese drills
China and the United States have accused each other of stoking tension in the strategic waterway at a time of…
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Coronavirus update: Spain imposes second local lockdown in areas with flare ups, US numbers down but not a sign of improvement
In the US, new case numbers have dropped under 50,000 for the first time in four days but there are…
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Image of Thomas Jefferson alongside Black descendant holds ‘a mirror’ to America
Shannon LaNier, a ninth-generation descendant of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, wore the same sort of…
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High court hears legal challenge to England’s lockdown restrictions
The government’s lockdown, which has closed schools, premises and companies while limiting free movement, is the “most sweeping and far-reaching”…
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Defusing Ethiopia’s Latest Perilous Crisis
Authorities and opposition leaders should call for calm and engage in sustained dialogue to bridge the bitter divisions. ICG A…
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James Baldwin Was Right All Along
America just needs to heed them. “There are days—this is one of them—when you wonder what your role is in…
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‘Final frontier of Australian archaeology’: Drowned artefacts reveal first underwater heritage sites
But in a fresh example of the tension between heritage and industrial values in the region, these cultural riches are…
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Global tourism stands to lose up to $4.8 trillion from COVID-19, UN says
The ‘COVID-19 and Tourism’ report released by The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is based on three…
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US seizes items thought to be made from hair of Muslims in Chinese labor camps
US federal authorities have seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to have been taken from Muslims…
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Australia set to offer safe haven visas to Hong Kong residents
The move will make Australia the second of the Five Eyes partners to offer Hong Kong residents refuge after British…
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Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
On July 5, the crowds filling Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, did not get what they expected. MOYERS on Democracy…
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Rethinking Peace in Yemen
Stopping the fighting is urgent. ICG Diplomats should adopt an inclusive, multiparty framework for talks to replace today’s flawed model.…
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Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne’s 321 suburbs in response. Peter O’Connor, Jeromy Anglim, Luke…
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‘President for life’: Putin’s poll victory secures path to rule Russia until 2036
Putin, 67, has ruled Russia as either president or prime minister since 1999 and was due to leave the Kremlin…
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