Across the rich world, politicians of the left and the right decry the dysfunction of the global asylum system. Friedrich ...

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The deal, which is driven by Congo’s tourism ministry, may seem unusual. Congo’s annual GDP per person is less than $650.

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I n late June a dozen soldiers from a South African elite special-forces unit appeared in court in Johannesburg. They were ...

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Both research teams recovered the ancient proteins from tooth enamel, the hardest substance in vertebrates’ bodies, in ...

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