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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 2, 2016
Israel
Prince Charles and Israeli Funerals
Prince Charles attended the funeral of Shimon Peres last week, in Jerusalem. This was not his first visit: he also attended the Yitzhak Rabin funeral in 1995. In the 21 years since then he has vis…
January 27, 2020
India
South Asia Reads: January 27, 2020
As 2019 came to a close, annual reports showed just how nations' economies and governments measured up—and how countries in South Asia slid backward on many metrics. Plus: an island settlement for Ro…
May 26, 2017
Turkey
Weekend Reading: Leaving Istanbul, the Meaning of June 1967, and Protest in Oman
Reading selections for the weekend of May 26, 2017.
June 26, 2023
United States
Adapting to Wildfires in a Warming World
Recent wildfires in Canada and California offer a preview of a world made far more dangerous by climate change, one in which smoke and fire exact an ever-increasing toll on public health and the econ…
November 6, 2020
Human Trafficking
Addressing Child Labor in a Pandemic: Notes from the Field
Last year, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2021 the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. Despite such commitment, recent global estimates project child labour…
