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Joining his neighbours one evening, Dan Baron Cohen finds himself immersed in a spontaneous conversation about culture, justice and sustainability that would be rare inside the halls of academe.

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Mark Engler shows how Trump's migration policies are linked to the violent legacy of US foreign policy.

Nilanjana Bhowmick takes apart the latest viral hashtag campaign for the religious takeover of secular India.

Progress without people. Nanjala Nyabola on Kenya's embrace of the Chinese development model.

Take a stand; Fossil Free; The people’s luxury.

GI – a rising far-right group that originated in 2003 in France.

Report from Nicaragua by Steve Shaw.

Xylella is behind an unprecedented crisis in southern Apulia.

The mastermind of the 1995 sarin gas attacks in Tokyo is executed.

Africa's $10-billion energy project faces problems.

India's government has asked WhatsApp to act urgently to halt the spread of "irresponsible and explosive messages" after a spate of deadly attacks. 

Mexico has a new president, but can AMLO form a government for the many without taxing the wealthy.

With the Ugandan government announcing it may close down hundreds of illegal orphanages, it is not clear what will happen to the children living in them.

Politicians of both Left and Right continue to march behind the banners of meritocracy and equality of opportunity as if this were all that is needed to achieve a fair society. But rewarding people for their ‘merit’ may be creating a new class system based on arrogant, insensitive winners and angry, desperate losers, writes Peter Adamson.