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School’s out – but as young people paint, skateboard and play with their friends, they’re still learning

School holidays are underway across the UK. But while young people might be getting a break from the classroom and having a ...

‘The great mass of waters killed many thousands’: how earthquakes and tsunamis shook ancient Greece and Rome

The great mass of waters killed many thousands of people by drowning … the lifeless bodies of shipwrecked persons lay ...

Flames to floods: how Europe’s devastating wildfires are fuelling its next climate crisis

While EU-wide data on post-wildfire flood risk is still limited, various case studies from southern Europe offer strong ...

A university bookshop in Ibadan tells the story of Nigeria’s rich publishing culture

Ibadan is where the Mbari Club once gathered, an experimental space where Nigerian writers, artists and thinkers – among them ...

The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?

The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

European gloom over the Trump deal is misplaced. It’s probably the best the EU could have achieved

The biggest winners in this deal are Europe’s carmakers. The US has collapsed various sector-specific duties on goods like ...

Governments are becoming increasingly secretive. Here’s how they can be made to be more transparent

As freedom of information disclosures decrease and less documents are available for public scrutiny, we need better ways to ...

The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never ...

The Victorian sportswomen who had to fight misogynistic abuse, just like the Lionesses

Victorian women were supposed to be demure, uncompetitive creatures – but that didn’t stop many from playing and enjoying ...

Is Australia becoming a more violent country?

Sometimes it seems as if Australia is grappling with an unprecedented violent crime crisis. Crime stats paint a different ...

South Africa’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heard

Working class communities in South Africa are continuing the tradition of shutting down their neighbourhood in protest ...