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Even before the British billionaire invested US$1 billion in making the region 'climate-smart,' Jamaica, Barbados…
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The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims could sue a gun maker, a decision…
Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
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The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change…
Many communities are banning single-use plastic shopping bags to reduce pollution, but a study in California shows that…
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There's a reason many today have never heard of Norman Douglas: After his death, more and more came forward with stories…
A century ago, a three-minute call from New York City to San Francisco on a landline cost $500. Today, you can make the…
CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claimed intent to focus on privacy will be hard to execute, will not happen soon and does not…
A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant…