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These five countries are conduits for the world’s biggest tax havens
First came the Panama Papers, then the BahamasLeaks, and now it’s the Paradise Papers. Journalists c...
When a river is a person: from Ecuador to New Zealand, nature gets its day in court
In the early 2000s, the idea of giving legal rights to nature was on the fringes of environmental le...
Wildfires are raging in the Mediterranean. What can we learn?
In Italy, firefighters across the country are battling hundreds of wildfires, the flames fanned by a...
Can we ditch dark energy by better understanding general relativity?
A renewed suggestion that dark energy may not be real — dispensing with 70% of the stuff in the univ...
At an uncertain G20 summit, it may be Trump against the world
Even by the standards of international summitry, the annual meeting of G20 leaders – scheduled for J...
Arundhati Roy’s new novel lays India bare, unveiling worlds within our world
Wearing two hats at once can be an uncomfortable fit, but it does not seem to bother the author Arun...
As Rohingyas flee Myanmar, India needs to drop religious criteria in its refugee law
More than 90,000 Rohingyas, victims of a new surge of violence in Myanmar, are fleeing the country a...
Rohingya genocide: the world can’t help until Myanmar changes its ways
After two weeks of extreme violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where at least 400 people have been...