Georgia: how democracy is being eroded fast as government shifts towards Russia

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Georgia was once considered a post-Soviet success story. After years of authoritarian rule, followed by independence which brought near state collapse, corruption and chaos, Georgia appeared to have transitioned to...

What schools can learn from skate culture

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At a school in Malm, Sweden, skateboarding is on the curriculum. John Dahlquist, vice principal of Bryggeriets High School, teaches skate classes and brings lessons from skateboarding into other subjects. By encouraging...

Nature-friendly farming budget swells in UK – but cuts elsewhere make recovery fraught

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Nature in the UK appeared to receive a rare funding boost in the June spending review, with the government setting a spending target of up to 2 billion a year for Englands environmental land management (ELM) scheme by...

US backs Nato’s latest pledge of support for Ukraine, but in reality seems to have abandoned its European partners

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Recent news from Ukraine has generally been bad. Since the end of May, ever larger Russian air strikes have been documented against Ukrainian cities with devastating consequences for civilians, including in the countrys...

Are people at the South Pole upside down?

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When I was standing at the South Pole, I felt the same way I feel anywhere on Earth because my feet were still on the ground and the sky was still overhead. Im an astrophysicist from Wisconsin who lived at the South Pole...

Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march

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In 2020, as Latin American countries were contending with the triple challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global economic shock and U.S. policy under the first Trump administration, Jorge Heine, research professor at...

Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of activists are at the mercy of capricious courts

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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is currently feeling the sharp end of the countrys powerful judiciary. On July 2, 2025, Thailands Constitutional Court suspended Paetongtarn from office as a result of a leaked...