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Can Donald Trump change Cuba?
Donald Trump has ended America’s détente with Cuba, restoring restrictions on travel to and business...
Is artificial intelligence a (job) killer?
There’s no shortage of dire warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence these days. Modern...
Is life in Norway as happy as it’s cracked up to be?
For progressives around the world, it has become almost a pastime to romanticise the quasi-socialist...
Caning of gay men in Aceh: not necessarily the exception to Indonesian rule
Recent events in Indonesia should dispel any doubt about the rising influence conservative Sunni Isl...
No, palm oil is not responsible for 40% of global deforestation
A little over a month ago, Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry sought to extend a moratori...
The small hands of Moroccan recycling
This article is based on a series about recycling documented in the 2017 book What to do with leftov...
Why seismologists didn’t see Mexico’s deadly earthquake coming
Mexico has a long seismic history, so any given earthquake here does not necessarily come as a surpr...