Tag: global flows
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The UN has officially designated Jakarta the world’s largest city, home to 42 million. We explore a day in the life of the ‘big durian’. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/apr/23/jakarta-profile-worlds-largest-city?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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Over the first half of 2025, the USA has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science is a gift to the rest of the world. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/american-science-brain-drain/ more ›
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A multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, fueled partly by trafficking victims. In lawless zones along the Myanmar-Thai border, Chinese-run compounds force thousands to scam strangers online… more ›
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Italy hailed a drop in irregular arrivals last year as proof its migration policies are working. One boat’s journey shows the dangers of the crackdown. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stranded-sea-decade-after-eus-migrant-crisis-hundreds-still-dying-mediterranean-2025-08-19/ more ›
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Growing up in Brazil, neuroscientist Danielle Beckman always dreamed of moving to the US for work. So, in 2017, when Beckman got the opportunity to work at the California National… more ›
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“A few years ago, no one would have imagined that one of the biggest democracies in the world would cancel research programs under the pretext that the word… https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/americas-great-brain-drain/?utm_source=perplexity more ›
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Over the first half of 2025, the USA has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science is a gift to the rest of the world. Throughout the… more ›
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ADF STAFF Among a handful of prisoners of war captured in Ukraine after fighting for Russia, a young Somali man stood out. He said he joined the army to give… more ›
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E-commerce giant AlibabaiAlibabaAlibaba, founded in 1999 by Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma, is one of the most prominent global e-commerce companies that operates platforms like AliExpress, Taobao, and Tmall.READ MORE.com is… more ›
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It was the opening days of 2022, in the aftermath of a huge volcanic eruption, when Tonga went dark. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/09/what-lies-beneath-the-growing-threat-to-the-hidden-network-of-cables-that-power-the-internet more ›