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Henry Kissinger at 100: history will judge the former US secretary of state’s southern African interventions to be a failure
Former American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Peter Vale, University of Pretoria Henry…
Behind the blue wall: The toxic culture that left a Vancouver police officer dead
A Vancouver police cruiser is seen on city streets. The Vancouver Police Department is under fire for the suicide of…
Humans were using fire in Europe 50,000 years earlier than we thought – new research
The control of fire by humans probably developed gradually over thousands of years. matsiukpavel / Shutterstock Clayton Magill, Heriot-Watt University…
Trust is important if you want to succeed at work – here’s how to build it
Nicoleta Raftu/Shutterstock King Omeihe, University of the West of Scotland From friends to families, partners to politicians, trust is the…
West Africa has a small weapons crisis – why some countries are better at dealing with it than others
Small arms and light weapons recovered from bandits in Jos, north central Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Daniel…
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