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​Growing Anti-Israel Sentiment in Thailand: A Covergence of Factors

​The past two weeks saw two anti-Israel protests in Bangkok outside the embassy itself. This is a convergence of a few factors. It is alarming enough that conce…

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Ринат Сабиров, урбанист…

Urgence panafricaine : stop à la xénophobie qui gangrène l’Afrique

Par Abda Wone* L’Afrique traverse aujourd’hui une crise silencieuse mais profonde. Une crise qui ne se mesure ni en points de croissance ni en chiffres budgétai…

The Language of Terrorism Since 9/11

While the world’s media have retreated from using the word "terrorism," governments have applied it ever more broadly, with vast implications for law and societ…

Danny Socorro: El tejido social está fracturado por la desconfianza

Hablar de la realidad venezolana suele remitir de inmediato a la crisis económica, la inestabilidad política o la emergencia social. Sin embargo, tras la sacudi…

Facing Elections, the Netanyahu Government Is Scared — and Reckless

The current Israeli government is the most extreme in the country’s history, and also one of its most durable. But polling numbers consistently show that Netany…

La hipocresía de México y Brasil sobre Nicaragua

Brasil y México acaban de dar otra lección magistral de hipocresía política al negarse a apoyar una reunión de cancilleres de las Américas después de que el dic…

[Edgewise] Sara’s fear, and ours

Dutertismo — with its open contempt for the rule of law — is now the regressive counterforce to the growing outcry to end deeply rooted corruption in government…

Cuando ser “demasiado costeño” incomoda a la Nicaragua mestiza

La reciente designación de Jasmine Blandford como Miss Universe Nicaragua 2026 ha generado opiniones encontradas. Jasmine es afrodescendiente, nacida en Estados…

The Gathering 2026: Lion and mosquito: The spirit Daily Maverick brings to SA’s collapsing cities

Daily Maverick Editor-in-Chief Jillian Green opened Daily Maverick’s annual The Gathering on Friday, 11 September 2026. Below is her call to action.…

So cabrón

La calle del Turco Por Édgar Velasco / @Turcoviejo La ciudad se hunde. Parece metáfora, pero es anécdota. Y en cualquier momento, se vuelve tragedia.  Debe ser …

THE BIG 50: From truancy to trout, a deliciously accidental career

On a milestone anniversary as a newspaperman, your Food Editor takes his palate on a stroll through the places and plates that have seasoned his days.…

México, la gran potencia civilizatoria de occidente

Secreto a voces Por Rafael Alfaro Izarraraz Cuando se habla de los aportes civilizatorios de una región, nación o grupo de naciones, a la humanidad (sin que est…

LITERARY LIARS: Not even my crime exposé book shielded me from these scamsters

Your book is published. It sees a flurry of international interest – except the interest is from scammers pretending to be literary agents, joining the multitud…

Se o seu candidato propõe outra operação letal, ele não é contra o crime que o Estado organizou

De Maranguape, no entorno de Fortaleza, a Itaituba, no sudoeste do Pará, facções se apropriam de territórios historicamente violentados pelo Estado e diversific…

AFTER THE BELL: We don’t talk anymore — the case for voice calls in a text age

There’s a lot to be said for a good old-fashioned voice call, and what we’ve lost by conducting our lives through text. Younger people are missing out.…

Flu: a public health crisis

LAST fall, after many years, my wife, our daughter and I decided to get flu shots. The decision wasn’t popular with our nine-year-old, who doesn’t like having h…

SOCIAL (IN)SECURITY OP-ED: Flawed Sassa grant algorithms deepen inequality and violate constitutional rights

Sassa’s automated, digital-only verification system for the Social Relief of Distress grant is erroneously excluding vulnerable South Africans as without human …

After Sept 11

A QUARTER of a century since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, the world continues to feel the effects of that epochal event. The US response to the attacks on its…

Inequality of consequence: SA still hasn’t had a reckoning with the HIV/Aids years

The people I buried experienced the consequences immediately, as did their families and their children. Political responsibility was far harder to find.…

Merecia muito mais…

Em busca de informações mais detalhadas para actualizar o papel do recém falecido Prof. Doutor Narana Coissoró na vida do Instituto do Oriente, do Instituto Sup…

Local government elections present a critical opportunity for civic rehabilitation

The upcoming local government elections are not merely a routine political event, but a vital chance to rebuild collapsing towns and cities while strengthening …

Le spleen des anciens dirigeants 

Privés de leur pouvoir, certains anciens dirigeants ne supportent pas l’anonymat : les attaques personnelles deviennent alors leur seule façon d’exister. L’arti…