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Egypt’s LGBTQ community are outraged at a wave of arrests in recent weeks. As Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Barbara Zollner explain, the clampdown against activists is part of a calculated divide and rule strategy by the al-Sisi regime which is playing on conservative religious attitudes to single out the community as a legitimate target.
After more than 200 million years of plodding around the globe unchallenged and anatomically unchanged, turtles could now be facing their final lap. Jacqueline Litzgus explains how this has led scientists to take precautions to protect the docile creatures when conducting their research.
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Hendrik Kraetzschmar, University of Leeds; Barbara Zollner, Birkbeck, University of London
Personal freedoms and self-expression have come under attack.
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Business + Economy
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Mireia Jofre-Bonet, City, University of London; Albert Banal-Estanol, City, University of London
Despite the inevitable transition costs for both sides, there may also be some benefits to a split.
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Environment + Energy
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Jacqueline Litzgus, Laurentian University
Poachers are bringing some turtle populations to the edge of extinction.
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Politics + Society
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Jessica Trisko Darden, American University School of International Service
President Duterte declared martial law back in March to aid the fight against Islamic militants. Many fear he will continue using this power.
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Jose Miguel Cruz, Florida International University
Corruption, not gang warfare, is the root cause of the record violence in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Until public officials stop shielding criminal groups like MS-13, lawlessness will reign.
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Franzisca Zanker, Freiburg University
Gambia became a symbol for democratic change earlier this year when former dictator Yahya Jammeh was peacefully ousted through the ballot box. Now Europe wants its Gambian immigrants to return home.
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Vashna Jagarnath, Rhodes University
If Rosa Luxemburg and her comrades had been successful with their German revolution in 1919, history would most probably have taken a very different course, avoiding the rise of fascism in Europe.
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Science + Technology
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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University
Artificial intelligence has so much beneficial potential that fears about it shouldn't prompt new regulations. Existing rules already govern human and machine behavior.
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