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Migrant deaths at sea: Real blame lies with policies created by European states

The Mediterranean is now regarded as the world’s deadliest place for migrants.…

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What El Niño means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points

The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions…

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Does artificial sweetener aspartame really cause cancer? What the WHO listing means for your diet soft drink habit

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised…

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Why Meta’s Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet

The launch of social media app Threads as a competitor to Twitter…

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Threads: new Twitter rival looks like a shrewd move but Meta lacks credibility

Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone…

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Nigeria’s new national security bosses: 5 burning issues they need to focus on

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently appointed new military service chiefs alongside…

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What is the ‘nine-dash line’ and what does it have to do with the Barbie movie?

Vietnam’s response to the Barbie movie’s depiction of the South China Sea…

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Africa’s linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism

This geographic bias is not unique to multilingualism research. It echoes concerns…

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