Wars

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Arts & Culture

The fight to save Syrian antiquities

Scholars across the globe have joined forces to preserve the beleaguered country’s cultural heritage for all our sakes

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Politics & Society

I’ve seen war and beyond the horror lies a shared humanity

Being a humanitarian worker in conflict zones exposes you to the worst and best of humanity, showing us there’s more that unites us than divides us

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Politics & Society

The impasse between Israel and Hamas

It’s increasingly difficult to see a way out of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas that has already seen thousands of civilians lose their homes, families and lives

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Politics & Society

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Q&A

Q&A: Israel, Hamas and the future of the Middle east

Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel marks a dramatic escalation in the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Politics & Society

Why Prigozhin’s march on Moscow was not a coup

The aborted Wagner group ‘mutiny’ grew out of an intensifying intra-elite feud in Russia – and it creates a growing problem for Vladimir Putin

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Sciences & Technology

The treatments keeping landmine detection dogs in the field

New research identifies the best treatments to protect Cambodia’s crucial landmine detection dogs from deadly tick-borne diseases

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Business & Economics

The cascading crisis of global food supply chains

The world is experiencing a food crisis linked to war and climate change – but there are some possible solutions to soften the blow

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Arts & Culture

Making sense of war through art

Two former official war artists are using art to research how we respond to and cope with, conflict

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Arts & Culture

How smaller can be better for memorialising history

Major historic events like 9/11 seem to demand monuments, but for many communities, smaller, more intimate memorials can provide a closer connection

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Politics & Society

The Afghanistan withdrawal: This is what decolonisation looks like

As the Taliban retakes power in Afghanistan, the departure of the United States is just the most recent example of its history of abandoning people it said it would protect

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