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South Africans’ experience with racism isn’t just something that happened in the past; it’s a core characteristic associated with the country

The younger generations brought down a government. Can they now help rebuild Bangladesh?

The new mayor of New York’s victory has let a little light back in after a year of darkness

Trump’s abandonment of vaccine research weakens our defences for the next pandemic. Now Britain must step up

Jaguars were hunted to the brink of extinction in the forests of the north. Now, they’re back

The prevalence of ‘lavender marriages’ show both the progress and the gaps in the country’s journey towards accepting LGBTQ+ people

The far right activist’s ‘solidarity’ with Jews is merely a new way for him to sell the same old politics of fear and hate

He’s already attacked boats off the Latin American coast. Now analysts worry the next phase will involve fighting on land

The Russian president rejected Donald Trump’s peace proposals because he thinks he has the advantage in Ukraine. He’s wrong

The political culture of the west has sunk into a new era of cynicism, contradiction and outright political delusion. But we didn’t fall into it – we were pushed

Two showmen, $40bn and one very fragile economy: what could possibly go wrong?

Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel won the closest philosophy has to the accolade and, even if you disagree with him, it's easy to see why

Trump has declared victory for himself – but without compromises and cash to rebuild Gaza, his hopes are built on sand

Students in the US believe the UK has a free speech problem and the vice president is spinning this myth as a reality

This year’s preparations for Dashain, Nepal’s biggest Hindu festival, quickly turned to despair as the rains swept homes away and stranded residents

The western left sees Latin America through the lens of revolution and anti-imperial struggle. But when that view meets reality – as in Venezuela today – solidarity turns to silence

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Conmen don’t win people over with arguments. Instead, they reflect their dreams back at them – and everyone’s a sucker for that

Another inquiry, another set of shocking truths. South Africa’s real crisis isn’t corruption – it’s the lack of consequences

While Donald Trump may have forged a ceasefire, an exhibition at Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe outlines the cultural vandalism Palestinians have suffered

A clownish spy scandal has shown up the severe shortcomings of British security, and given the Labour government an even bigger Chinese problem

Peace is not just about bombs falling silent, but the humanity that goes into maintaining it

A new book collects the best of the world’s toilets – because even in an age of division, everyone needs somewhere to sit down

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

In true Milei fashion, the launch of his book, The Construction of the Miracle, was turned into a rock concert to a crowd of 15,000 diehard supporters

The country’s politics may be fractious, but one thing both major camps agree on is that the rise of digital fraud needs urgent attention

In an attempt to control the flow of information, the rulers of Afghanistan plunged the country into darkness. That decision has backfired

Trump has forged a peace in Gaza – but his inability to influence Israel has undermined the US’s reputation and weakened its global alliances

A bullying autocrat has succeeded where years of calm diplomacy failed. Progressives must ask why

The country is teaching its people a version of the past in which China is always the victim. The consequences of that could be highly dangerous

Two right wing crooks have finally brought the slaughter to an end. Now, there must be law and accountability, or there will never be peace

Forty years of news photos from the Reuters agency capture a world on fire – and makes a compelling case for the future of photojournalism