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With Russian troops slowly but steadily advancing, and Western support wavering, we should be well aware that a Ukrainian defeat would trigger mass displacement, destabilize Europe, and hand Putin a historic opportunity. We risk sleepwalking into a historic disaster.
China is blocking exports of rare earth material in response to the U.S. trade war, which is now beginning to affect Western industries. Indeed, the American position is weakened just as negotiations are set to resume. Will Trump chicken out again?
Once a pub pastime, darts is now drawing millions of viewers and breaking broadcast records. Its mix of entertainment, accessibility, and fast-paced action has turned it into a commercial powerhouse.
As China’s population declines, more women want children without husbands. But strict laws and traditional values still block their path to single motherhood.
La Marea speaks with author Jorge Dioni López, who argues that digital porn reflects and reinforces modern capitalism, reshaping masculinity and normalizing emotional detachment. Pornography, he says, is both a symptom and a driver of today’s cultural and social malaise.
Architecture is a form of soft power, a symbolic language through which Gulf states tell stories about themselves to the world and to their own citizens — and ultimately, to exercise control.
As Trump’s administration ramps up attacks on civil rights, diversity efforts, and climate initiatives, artists across the U.S. are transforming urban spaces into places of resistance. From anonymous culture jamming to pointed gallery installations, the creative community is mobilizing in protest — and grappling with how best to respond to the current political landscape.
South Korea had been in political crisis since December, when its conservative president attempted a power grab by declaring martial law. On Tuesday, South Koreans elected the progressive candidate Lee Jae-myung, turning the page and preparing to tackle the immense challenges facing a region on edge.
Laila Soueif, the mother of a jailed British-Egyptian activist, has not eaten in more than 240 days in an effort to free her son. Her hunger strike paints a tragic picture of the cost of activism in modern Egypt, where individual protest through the body may be met with institutional silence and indifference.
The Trump administration backed populist and far-right presidential candidates in Romania and Poland: It lost in Romania but won in Poland. Washington’s agenda is to weaken the European Union by supporting its detractors within it.
While French law theoretically allows employers to justify job cuts by the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, unions and labor law experts are warning that AI is becoming an alibi for unjustified cost-cutting.
For the author, cycling in the northern city of Chandigarh, offers the opportunity to glide past grand, sleepy bungalows, or race the early morning sun along Sukhna Lake, free from honking horns and red lights. In New Delhi, it’s not quite the same, but worthy nonetheless. It’s also a connection to our inner child.
Poland’s new president Karol Nawrocki, a political outsider backed by the far right, won with a campaign echoing Donald Trump. His victory closes the door on liberal reforms and paves the way for a nationalist comeback.
Deported by the U.S. and rejected by Bhutan, dozens of former refugees are now stranded in Nepal without citizenship or legal status. Their statelessness raises urgent legal and human rights questions about the consequences of deportation.
Nothing in cities and spaces is random. Bathroom lines, street names, and the maps we use every day also tell a story of inequality. Feminist geography seeks to make visible what is often overlooked and proposes a more equitable way of inhabiting space.
As famine grips Gaza under Israel’s blockade, drones drop cartons of cigarettes and hookah tobacco into the Strip. Lebanon-based journalism platform Daraj investigates the perverse profiteering that thrives in war zones, exposing how tobacco continues to flow even as food and medicine are denied.
The 21st century has completely transformed how we deal with emotions, says sociologist Eva Illouz. In a conversation with Die Zeit, she talks about love, emojis, and exploitation.
With a long-range drone strike deep inside Russia, Ukraine sends a clear message ahead of Istanbul peace talks: we are ready to keep fighting if Moscow insists on total victory.
In a tightly contested election night marked by twists and turns, Karol Nawrocki emerged victorious as Poland’s next president. But what does the rise of this conservative-nationalist, backed by the Law and Justice party, signal for the country’s future?
A new horror during food distribution in Gaza comes, with the warring parties digging in their heels at the expense of the population. Only the White House has the weight to impose a truce. Why is it waiting?
For the first time, countries are growing richer, but their people are not. Income and wealth inequality not only skew per capita averages, they make economies seem healthier than they are. In short, they reflect realities of a few, at a huge cost to others.