Format: Explainers

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Will Hungary use facial recognition at Pride and is it legal?

Hungary's threat to use facial recognition at Pride events sets it on collision course with the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act

Adam Smith

Published March 28, 2025

Money, Power and People

USAID cuts: The effects of halting antiretroviral therapy for HIV

Eight countries, including six in Africa, could run out of antiretroviral treatment for HIV in months due to the U.S. aid freeze

Lucy Middleton

Published March 26, 2025

Nature

Can Indonesia produce more food without deforestation?

Indonesia's plans to expand agricultural land to feed a growing population could raze climate-saving peatlands and forest

Adi Renaldi

Published March 14, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Is the EU considering a Rwanda-style asylum system?

EU seeks to boost migrant deportations with return hubs, bans as attitudes to migration harden across the bloc

Joanna Gill

Updated March 13, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Why is there another hunger crisis in Somalia?

Millions of people in Somalia are again going hungry but what is driving recurrent food insecurity in the Horn of Africa?

Nita Bhalla

Published March 12, 2025

Money, Power and People

Musk’s Starlink stalls in South Africa over equity laws

The world’s richest man claims his birth nation’s Black ownership laws are preventing him from rolling out his internet service

Kim Harrisberg

Published March 10, 2025

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How are Trump’s policies affecting global AI safety laws?

Trump's AI policies risk harming users and could drive changes in global legislation, experts say

Adam Smith

Published March 05, 2025

Just Transition

India’s $4-billon bet to secure critical minerals

India launched a $4 billion initiative to secure critical minerals amid a global race pushed by the clean energy transition

Bhasker Tripathi

Published March 05, 2025

Digital Rights

2024 was the worst year for internet shutdowns around the world

With some 300 internet blackouts in 54 states, 2024 was the worst year on record. Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Russia had 70% of them

Nita Bhalla, Diana Baptista

Published March 04, 2025

Money, Power and People

Is the EU taking a page from Trump on deregulation?

The EU plans to cut red tape to boost business, but campaigners worry it will weaken worker and environmental protections

Joanna Gill

Published March 03, 2025