Predatory online gambling companies are targeting Brazil’s largely low-income and indebted population, many of whom see ...

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The US and Israel’s attack on Iran has sent the oil and gas markets into chaos. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, combined ...

As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five ...

Bethany Rielly and Decca Muldowney unpack the history of Britain’s only general strike, and why it still matters today.

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As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private ...

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

Beyond the sensationalist headlines, Obiora Ikoku finds a deeply rooted crisis, made worse by the country’s ruling elite. Nine months ago, Rita Gendaga was preparing for her late father’s funeral when ...

Eiad Husham traces the UAE’s long game for access to the Red Sea – a strategy built through ports, airports and infrastructure projects, and driven by ambitions to secure maritime power and regional ...

Secretive and ruthless, the traffickers controlling the kidney trade thrive on the desperation of the poor and the sick. Nancy Scheper-Hughes lays bare the ‘collateral damage’. The slide on the screen ...

Billions in aid, coupled with Egypt’s harsh new asylum law represent a ‘ruinous’ model that rewards militarism over public services. Sara Elbashir and Louis Boyd-Madsen report from Cairo. Fatima is ...