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Macklemore’s anthem for Gaza is a rarity: A protest song in an era of apolitical music

"Hind’s Hall" was electrifying because it was so unexpected.

Armed groups are likely committing ethnic cleansings and atrocities in Darfur — again

International impunity helped allow a power struggle in Sudan to spiral into ethnic violence.

Why Japan is struggling to kick its coal dependency

If a wealthy, advanced economy is having a hard time getting off coal, what does it mean for the rest of the world?

How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks

New regulations are a win for safe synthetic DNA.

Eurovision is supposed to be fun and silly. This year is different.

Eurovision doesn’t want to be about Israel-Palestine, but amid protests and boycotts, it might not have a choice.

The Trump hush money case has been a quiet affair. Enter Stormy Daniels.

What we learned from Daniels’s testimony.

Biden is threatening to withhold some weapons from Israel. Is it a real shift in policy?

The US has offered unconditional military aid to Israel throughout the war in Gaza. As of this week, that might be changing.