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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 15, 2019
South Africa
U.S. Treasury Moves Against South Africa’s Corrupt Gupta Family
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S Treasury has formally sanctioned on October 10 members of the Gupta family and associates, who are members of a “significant corruption network in South Africa.” Under the sanction, all Gupta property in the United States is blocked and must be reported to OFAC.
December 4, 2023
India
Renditions and Extrajudicial Assassinations Increasingly Becoming the Norm in International Relations
Governments have increasingly employed extrajudicial assassinations to target dissidents.
March 6, 2023
United States
Biden’s Progress on Women’s Rights: Good Start, But Not Fast Enough
More than two years into his presidency, Joseph Biden has achieved some of his gender equality goals, and fallen short on others.
August 9, 2022
Health Policy and Initiatives
Gun Violence, Public Health, and the Safer Communities Act
Vin Gupta, affiliate assistant professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington, and Jonas Oransky, legal director at Everytown for Gun Safety, discuss gun-related deaths as a pub…
February 27, 2015
Global
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans and Robots in the Economy
MIT professor emeritus and Rethink Robotics’ founder Rodney Brooks, Carnegie Mellon’s Abhinav Gupta, and MIT’s Andrew McAfee, join Nicholas Thompson, editor at NewYorker.com, to discuss artificial in…
