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How arts heal and galvanise the youth of Timor Leste
“Quirky is one way of describing this art space” writes the Lonely Planet about Arte Moris. But Arte...
Why we love (and fear) mummies
Somewhere in Iraq, the tomb raider Nick Morton (a never-ageing Tom Cruise) flies over the desert. Th...
Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy will make hurricane recovery brutal – here’s why
The United States had already seen its share of disasters, from back-to-back hurricanes that devasta...
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...
When a river is a person: from Ecuador to New Zealand, nature gets its day in court
In the early 2000s, the idea of giving legal rights to nature was on the fringes of environmental le...
Can we save low
Though climate change has been an internationally recognised challenge since the United Nations Fram...
Yes, microlending reduces extreme poverty
A small boost in microlending to the developing world could lift more than 10.5 million people out o...
From Chinese missile shelters to US warships, the South China Sea conflict is heating up
This article, originally published on June 14 2017 with the headline “Dispute over warship in the So...