With the two presidential candidates running neck-and-neck, this election has stakes beyond Brazil. The growing power of US big tech is also in the spotlight.
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In recent years, several governments have placed the very heritage they are charged to protect at risk.
A new study suggests making cigarettes cheaper would risk making smoking-related poverty in Australia worse overall, given it could lead to more people smoking.
Tariffs and regulation of tech giants are already causing friction. But one of his biggest tasks may be convincing Australians the US alliance still matters.
Canada has ambitious goals in Europe. But the EU is in high demand, and competition for market share and investment is fierce.
Understanding the technological shift from a literary to a post-literary society is crucial for rethinking AI’s place in learning environments.
Saudi Arabia’s escalating conflict with the Houthis in Yemen will force its new defence partners Turkey and Pakistan to confront some difficult questions.
This could mark the start of a major arms race in space, which would threaten all of us on Earth.
Paris’ International Space Summit was an opportunity to understand what and who Europe needs to reliably sustain its launch ambitions and become a world-class leader in Space.
As more details emerge about this controversial deal, big questions remain about what it could mean – both for oil markets and Venezuela’s national sovereignty.
Washington’s campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court also masks a fear of the enduring power of the language of the law.
A recent study into China’s innovation boom found patenting activity has been accelerating for years and is built on a whole ecosystem, not a few lone heroes.
With nuclear stockpiles growing, understanding and applying international law has become more important than ever.
After topping a record US$40 trillion, US national debt looks set to climb further.
What happens to democracy when the independent people capable of resisting abuses of power are replaced by systems designed to make those abuses easier?
Trump’s latest executive order is set to lead to delayed vaccinations, falling coverage and a resurgence of diseases once brought under control.
In less than six months, China will start phasing in a world-first ban on hidden car door handles. A US ban may be next. So what’s happening in Australia?
Grassroots activists and marginalized communities are ‘flipping the script’ on surveillance by watching, documenting and gathering information about powerful institutions such as ICE from below.
A string of controversies look set to turn the tournament into a lesson in how soft power can fail.
Trump has backed himself into a corner from which there is no apparent escape.
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