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Amsterdam’s rebel mayor on sex, drugs and tourists
Femke Halsema, the Dutch capital’s first female mayor, doesn’t shy away from radical yet rational policymaking. Here she tells us how she aims to take drug distribution out of criminal hands and cut overtourism.
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Egypt and Turkey seek to repair long-severed ties. Will Hamas stand between them?
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If even Switzerland is re-examining its neutrality in light of Russian aggression, there’s no excuse for the rest of the fence-sitters
Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine was the kind of thing that should have been a clarifying, pick-a-side moment: a European democracy was invaded and terrorised by a revanchist autocracy for no good reason. Russia’s…
Why national dress is back in fashion
Pride, joy and the power of tradition are coalescing to make young people across the globe take delight in traditional styles.
Vesuvius and beyond: Naples leads the way in volcanology education
Students eye up potential eruptions on a ground-breaking new course.
Can hot-spot policing make America’s cities safe again?
Dallas police chief Eddie Garcia wants to restore faith in his force. And he’s using data and a renewed accountability to deliver change.
Ukraine’s women have the skills needed on the battlefield
Senior corporal Yaryna Chornohuz serves on the front line in Ukraine. Conscription, she says, would enable women to deploy valuable skills on the battlefield.
The complexities of a migrant campaigner
Alima Diouf fights against racism, so why is she now standing for a Swiss anti-immigration party?
How Latin American influence is reshaping Madrid
The benefits of Latin America’s influx into Madrid go far beyond its nickname of the ‘new Miami’.
