Copper, capital, and consequences: China’s mining gamble in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
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Copper, capital, and consequences: China’s mining gamble in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
For Afghanistan, the wins in finally opening the Mes Aynak copper mine are substantial. Yet so are its potential environmental and socio-cultural l...
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Israel destroys Palestine’s last surviving seed bank, echoing a colonial legacy of erasure
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Israel destroys Palestine’s last surviving seed bank, echoing a colonial legacy of erasure
Israel’s destruction of the Hebron seed bank echoes centuries of settler-colonial tactics worldwide: erasing Indigenous food systems to dominate ...
Hong Kong: Pro-establishment legislature divided over the Same-sex Partners Bill
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Hong Kong: Pro-establishment legislature divided over the Same-sex Partners Bill
Hong Kong's top Court ruled that the government must establish a framework for registering same-sex partnerships. Now the government has int...
Withering roots: The waning health and resilience of the women left behind in Afghanistan
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Withering roots: The waning health and resilience of the women left behind in Afghanistan
Once pillars of the community, these women are now deprived of the tools to serve.
Nepali music for an Everest-sized challenge
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Nepali music for an Everest-sized challenge
The GV community put together a Nepali-language playlist to support Nathan Matias as he embarked on an Everest Roam cycling challenge, where riders...
Ex-lawmaker Au Kam San arrested in Macau's first national security case
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Ex-lawmaker Au Kam San arrested in Macau's first national security case
The EU condemned Au's arrest and stated that the application of national security law marks “the ongoing erosion of political pluralism and ...
The colonizer still lives in Nigeria through me
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The colonizer still lives in Nigeria through me
Although the colonizers have formally left our shores, their influence lives within. I am now consciously dismantling the residual effects of colon...
Belarusian hackers‘ attack on the IT infrastructure of Russia's main airline sends ‘direct message’
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Belarusian hackers‘ attack on the IT infrastructure of Russia's main airline sends ‘direct message’
Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY, two groups of anonymous Belarusian hackers living abroad, recently claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on ...
Climbing a virtual Everest with the Global Voices community playlist
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Climbing a virtual Everest with the Global Voices community playlist
Over the course of three days, GVer Nate Matias cycled the equivalent of 10,000 meters in elevation to help raise money for Global Voices.