Facebook blunders its way through the world and deals with the consequences later. In Myanmar, that strategy has had deadly consequences. ~tech facebook social media Article 993 words 12 votes
Hotter, drier summers in Australia mean longer fire seasons – and urban sprawl into bushland is putting more people at risk ~enviro climate change Article 1448 words 7 votes
The great African regreening: Millions of 'magical' new trees bring renewal ~enviro Article 860 words 5 votes
Where even Walmart won’t go: How Dollar General took over rural America ~finance business Article 2488 words 8 votes
An inversion of nature: How air conditioning created the modern city ~design urban planning architecture Article 1733 words 3 votes
Where even Walmart won't go: How Dollar General took over rural America ~finance business Article 2488 words 13 votes
Ex-CIA officer faces arrest over alleged Montenegro coup plot ~news montenegro usa crime politics.usa Article 966 words 3 votes
Dozens dead in Yemen as bus carrying children hit by airstrike ~news yemen.dahyan saudi arabia Article 1077 words 6 votes
From Star Trek to Fifty Shades: How fanfiction went mainstream ~books fiction.fan Article 1596 words 5 votes
Looted Iraqi antiquities return home after UK experts crack cold case ~humanities archaeology Article 867 words 3 votes
Slice of PIE: A linguistic common ancestor ~humanities.history Article 175 words, published Jun 29 2018 3 votes
Australian unions seek to end religious bodies' right to discriminate in hiring ~lgbt Article 565 words 11 votes
EU acts to protect firms from Donald Trump's sanctions against Iran. Companies told to ignore White House demands to drop all business with Iran ~news iran usa politics.usa Article 1178 words 8 votes
Police violence, cliques, and secret tattoos: Fears rise over LA sheriff 'gangs' ~news usa.ca.los angeles Article 1587 words 12 votes
Unsurvivable heatwaves could strike heart of China by end of century ~enviro climate change Article 792 words, published Jul 31 2018 12 votes
My son, Osama: The al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time ~life parenting Article 1848 words 11 votes
China in Africa: Win-win development, or a new colonialism? ~finance economics Article 1235 words 9 votes
Writing from Manus prison: a scathing critique of domination and oppression. Behrouz Boochani spent almost five years typing passages of his book into a mobile phone. The result resists classification ~books Article 1393 words 9 votes
A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 932 words 14 votes
Myths, monsters and the maze: How writers fell in love with the labyrinth ~books fiction Article 2821 words 2 votes
Colombian journalists say death threats reflect 'ugly' climate under new leader. They say ‘dangerous new atmosphere’ has emerged since Iván Duque, a fierce opponent of the peace process, took power ~news colombia journalism politics Article 728 words 5 votes
Global warming is increasing the chances of heatwaves, scientists say ~enviro climate change Article 900 words 6 votes
'A huge win': New Zealand brings in paid domestic violence leave in world first ~news new zealand law politics Article 894 words 7 votes
The free speech panic: How the right concocted a crisis ~humanities education.higher Article 5539 words 8 votes
Big tech warns of "Japan's millennium bug" ahead of Akihito's abdication ~tech Article 659 words 5 votes
Generation Z: ‘We have more to do than drink and take drugs’ ~life Article 1420 words, published Jul 21 2018 6 votes
How to spend it: The shopping list for the 1%. In an age of astonishing wealth, nothing reveals the lives of the ultra-rich like the FT’s unashamedly ostentatiously luxury magazine. ~finance Article 3706 words 25 votes
British public bought £14bn of goods made by slaves in 2017, claims report ~news united kingdom Article 448 words 8 votes
When is a nation not a nation? Somaliland’s dream of independence. ~humanities Article 2744 words 8 votes
The making (and unmaking) of a Canadian brand: Tim Horton's ~food drinks Article 1533 words, published Jul 9 2018 8 votes
British cave diver considering legal action over Elon Musk's 'pedo' attack ~news united kingdom usa Article 774 words 8 votes
Archaeologists and astronomers solve the mystery of Chile's Stonehenge ~humanities.history Article 673 words 7 votes
Die Hard at thirty: How it remains the quintessential American action movie ~movies Article 1018 words 3 votes
Who owns the space under cities? The attempt to map the ground beneath our feet ~design urban planning Article 1798 words 7 votes
The man who paves India's roads with old plastic ~enviro plastics recycling Article 1273 words 10 votes
Worried NATO partners wonder if Atlantic alliance can survive Trump. Europeans hope the president who disparages allies and praises autocrats is an aberration but fear problems may run deeper ~news usa politics.usa Article 1636 words 7 votes
YouTube and Facebook could escape billions in copyright payouts after EU vote. Lawmakers reject overhaul of rules which aimed to make tech giant's pay a bigger share. ~tech facebook Article 446 words 2 votes
Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes ~tech facebook social media Article 960 words 6 votes
Former Malaysian PM Najib arrested in $4.5bn 1MDB probe. The investigation focuses on how the money went missing from the state 1MDB fund ~news malaysia crime politics Article 789 words 5 votes
Poland's supreme court constitutional crisis approaches a standoff. The government’s attempt to lower the mandatory retirement age of judges is due to come into effect this week ~news poland politics law Article 932 words 8 votes
The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown ~tech Article 3221 words, published Jun 29 2018 12 votes