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Cuba has faced many economic crises, but the current one is different. It is far worse than even that of the early 1990s, when Cuba lost all trade with the Soviet bloc, and at the same time the US imposed severe new economic measures against the island nation. In the early 1990s, Cuba's infrastructure was in fairly good condition. The state's response was agile: the government agencies managing food security and health care directed extra resources to children, the elderly and the sick. (...) - Outside in / Comment ..read more

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The charges against Pavel Durov, founder of messaging app Telegram, send a chilling signal about freedom of speech. - 2024/10 / article ..read more

Israel's deadly campaign of airstrikes on Lebanon in September killed Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and hundreds of civilians, and displaced thousands. Will this escalation of the conflict plunge Lebanon into a wider war against its powerful neighbour, drawing in Iran and Syria? - 2024/10 / article ..read more

Two Californian companies wield extraordinary power in the live music space, controlling venues, artists and ticketing. Meanwhile, in France, many small-to-medium festivals are near breaking point. - 2024/10 / article ..read more

Nowhere loves cricket more than India, where it also helps unify a nation fractured by ethnic divisions and mend relations with neighbouring Pakistan. Or at least it did until the advent of the BJP. - 2024/10 / article ..read more

Though remote, the Arctic is not immune to global politics. With Russia excluded since the Ukraine war, vital work to protect its vulnerable ecosystem is being compromised. - 2024/10 / article, Map, 2024/10 Arctic ..read more

Sheikh Hasina's narrative of progress masked a different reality, one of inequality, corruption and state violence. Now she's been ousted, can Bangladesh avoid chaos and a return to authoritarianism? - 2024/10 / article ..read more

The left emerged from the snap elections called by President Macron as the biggest bloc in parliament, but couldn't form a government – blame the campaign to brand it as irremediably antisemitic. - 2024/10 / article ..read more