Why pizza is more important to people in Gothenburg than the NATO accession negotiations.
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In Katowice, rain evaporated above heated tar, filling the air with caramel sweetness, a mixture of freshness and dirt.
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Ahmed Soura lost his family in Burkina Faso and suffered racism in Europe. When he danced to Händel’s “Messiah” in Berlin, he understood: those who really want to be free must redeem themselves.
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Melting glaciers, rising sea levels: scientist Aditi Mukherji explains why it is high time we change how we deal with water. A conversation.
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A woman is sitting alone on a bench on a shore in spring, waiting for her lover. A tale about a secret place by the water.
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The ocean doesn’t care about skin colour or origin: A surfer’s life in South Africa
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How does it feel to jump into a lake of melted snow in the South American summer?
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More than any other element, water is charged with meaning in many societies and religions. These beliefs and practices continue to shape people’s day-to-day around the globe. An overview.
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Three new works of short fiction
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Wild horses, oil-smeared birds: Zoe Lucas recounts fifty years of life as a female explorer on a lonely Canadian island. A conversation.
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The French island of Martinique is under attack from rotting Sargasso algae and the toxic gases it releases.
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Corrupt authorities and violence bring the people of Lake Victoria to the brink of ruin
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How mines in the Andes are poisoning the water.
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Kazakh ecologist Zauresh Alimbetova is fighting to save what was once the world's fourth largest lake. A nature reserve is now flourishing in the dried-up zone. A conversation.
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Drinking, washing, cooking: Every person needs at least fifty to a hundred litres of clean water a day, according to the WHO. But today some 2.2 billion people lack direct access to drinking water. It’s high time for innovative solutions like these examples.
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New Zealand is struggling with bursting sewage pipes and contaminated drinking water. Now the indigenous population is to collaborate on solutions
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Climate change presents us with unprecedented challenges. The Indian historian Dipesh Chakrabarty calls for a change of perspective and in the process rediscovers human history.
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How to write about genocide: Scholastique Mukasonga reflects on her mother’s story to chart Rwanda’s troubled history.
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Born in the Indian city of Chandigarh, fruit picker Jasbir Singh, 34, has been picking berries in Alentejo for five years. Soon he could apply for Portuguese citizenship. A conversation.
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UNESCO's World Heritage Convention turns 50 this year. There's plenty of cause for celebration but also for concern amid loud calls for reform.
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In the light of the Ukraine war, Europe needs to allow new countries to join and also strengthen its cultural policy. After all, the European Union is first and foremost a cultural project
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Giving people equal opportunities sounds like a great idea. After all, who could possibly object to that? Being critical of such an idea is a little like defending performance enhancing drugs in cycling races, or feudal privileges. But there is a trap in the idea of equal opportunities - and that is the reduction in our ideal of egalitarianism.
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The mud volcano in Pakistan's Hingol National Park is considered sacred by many Hindus.
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