These supposedly futuristic visions for space have been weaponized to justify a wide array of activities (both on our planet ...

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

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 ...

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Researcher Peter Howson reports on how the global scramble for new space launch sites is affecting those who live around them – from Indonesia to Scandinavia. Tycoons like Musk want us to believe it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

As global aid budgets are slashed, we must have the courage to move the sector away from charity and towards justice, writes Action Aid’s Neha Kagal. In recent weeks, devastating aid cuts have been ...

The Gaza-born guest editor of our latest issue describes the process of creating the magazine and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of genocide. You can also listen to The World ...

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 ...

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution. As the cost of living crisis becomes ...