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Persian Gulf desalination plants could become military targets in regional war

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region use the fossil fuels under their desert lands not only to make money, but also to make drinking water. The petroleum they produce powers more than 400 desalination plants, which turn seawater into drinkable water.

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Will the Iran war go global?

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This is why you only breathe out of one nostril at a time

One of the most bothersome things about being sick or having seasonal allergies is that it makes your nose stuffy and blocked. This makes breathing in through your nostrils frustrating – if not altogether impossible.

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How to spot the use and abuse of the word ‘context’

Everyone’s been in a debate when someone says: “You’re taking that out of context.” But what does it actually mean to understand something “in context”?

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Can we design sports shoes that don’t squeak? Here’s what the science says

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shreak of the players’ shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while retaining the grip?

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Can police reforms improve trust in UK forces?

Police in England and Wales have lost public trust over the last decade, with confidence in policing declining across several measures since 2015. Five years on from the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving London Met police officer, Met commissioner Mark Rowley says he understands why women still do…

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Netflix and Paramount bidding for a potentially lucrative back catalogue mirrors 18th-century publishing deals

Netflix’s plan to buy the Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery is over. The streaming giant was eventually outbid by rival company Paramount Skydance, which is willing to pay around US$111 billion (£82.2 billion) for the company.

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Why unemployment – and bad jobs – carry hidden social and political costs

The outlook for job seekers in the UK appears to be taking a turn for the worse. Weak economic growth and continued uncertainty for employers have led to forecasts that unemployment will hit 5.3% this year.

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Menopause makes teachers’ work lives harder – and may push them out of the profession

Secondary teaching in England currently faces a recruitment and retention crisis. Over 90% of teachers leave before retirement.

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How the Greeks mapped the mythical places of their heroes and legends

From the third century BC, Alexandria in Egypt was the intellectual hub of the Greek world, as the literature of classical antiquity was collected, edited and canonised at the Mouseion (Shrine of the Muses) and the Library of Alexandria.

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How dangerous has the conflict in Iran become? Expert Q&A

The conflict in the Middle East is now in its sixth day and is showing no sign of letting up. Israeli and US warplanes have continued to strike targets inside Iran, which has prompted retaliatory attacks throughout the region. An American submarine has also sunk an Iranian navy ship off…

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The Gulf’s delicate balancing act between the US and Iran is now in flames

As Israel and the US continued to bomb Iran after killing the country’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Iran lashed out at its neighbours. Among the targets of Iranian drone strikes were a hotel in Dubai, a port in Oman, gas facilities in Qatar, and multiple US bases and embassies in…

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France’s National Health system explained to U.S. citizens in 2026

France’s vision of universal healthcare and America’s health insurance premium-reliant system are worlds apart. On October 1 2025, the US Federal Government shut down after an insufficient number of Democrat votes amid disputes over health policy led to a federal government budget deadlock

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Sophie Oluwole, the trailblazing Nigerian woman who redefined philosophy

Sophie Oluwole (1935-2018) was a Nigerian scholar and the first woman to earn a PhD in philosophy in her country. She not only placed Nigeria’s rich Yoruba philosophical tradition on the intellectual map, she also helped redefine African philosophy, a field dominated by men.

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The Black Death’s counterintuitive effect: as human numbers fell, so did plant diversity

Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in its history: the Black Death. Killing many millions, the plague wiped out between one-third and a half of Europe’s population.

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The US-Iran war has divided Europe, leaving Spain in a critical position

The impacts of the joint US-Israeli operation against Iran, which began on February 28, will be felt globally in ways that we cannot yet foresee. Financial markets are reacting negatively to the offensive, and the price of Brent crude oil has risen by 25% since the attack began.

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Women farmers in South Africa pay the cost of broken irrigation systems – the story of one cooperative

The South African government makes a great deal of the fact that it supports women’s empowerment in agriculture.

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Solar power in rural Zimbabwe hasn’t reduced women’s unpaid work: can policy do better?

Zimbabwe’s 2019 renewable energy policy envisions a transition to green energy in which women and men participate equally and benefit equitably.

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Women in Ghana can access safe abortions: why are so many still using unsafe methods?

Ghana’s abortion law is relatively liberal. Abortion is legally permitted in the first trimester when a pregnancy endangers the mother’s life or physical or mental health, or when it is due to rape or incest. Thus, medication abortion has become more widely available.

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Faith leaders joined the fight against woman abuse in the DRC. Did it help?

Can pastors, imams and rabbis be allies to women and children and help stop gender-based violence?

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What does a house mean to you? We asked some women who head households in South Africa

South Africa’s new democratic government inherited a 1.5 million housing backlog in 1994, which it has been struggling to close. The current national deficit stands at 2 million.

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Women and wealth: what stands in their way and how to overcome it

You’ve probably heard the saying, “The rich become richer, while the poor become poorer”. It’s about how uneven financial progress can be.

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Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID

In Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was condemned by the god Zeus to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down, having to start anew every day.

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Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days

As the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, American citizens living in or visiting the Middle East found themselves stranded in countries facing bombing attacks by Iran. The State Department on March 2, 2026, urged Americans in 14 Middle Eastern countries to leave via “available commercial transportation, due to…

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How Denver’s Northeast Park Hill community reduced youth violence by 75%

Northeast Park Hill, a Denver neighborhood, has a long history of violence. During Denver’s summer of violence in the early 1990s, it was considered ground zero for gang conflict.

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