Can Germany cope without Angela?

What changes can we expect when chancellor Angela Merkel leaves office later this year?

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Why do the Indian farmer protests matter?

What could India’s farmer protests mean for the nation’s economic and political future?

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Is online censorship going too far?

Who should decide who’s heard or silenced on platforms like Twitter and Facebook?

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Will QAnon survive?

With President Trump gone and a social media clampdown, what is the future for QAnon?

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How did Europe fall behind in the vaccine race?

The reasons why the EU has been so slow at procuring Covid vaccines.

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Can we solve our space junk problem?

Millions of pieces of dangerous manmade debris are orbiting Earth. Can we clean up space?

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What is the future for Myanmar?

As protests continue in Myanmar against the military, what is the country’s future?

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Why did Alexei Navalny return to Russia?

After surviving an assassination attempt, the opposition leader is now facing jail time.

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Is Antifa the threat it’s made out to be?

What is the truth about the anti-fascist group dividing America?

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Why do Italy’s governments keep collapsing?

What makes Italian politics so fragile and unstable?

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Are ‘killer robots’ the future of warfare?

Will autonomous weapons transform the way we wage war?

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How will the concussion issue affect the future of sport?

Concerns are growing about the potential links between concussion and brain disease

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Why has Peru had such a bad pandemic?

Peru has suffered one of the highest excess death levels in the world. We ask why.

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Is Africa the new power base for the Islamic State group?

What are the real reasons behind the Islamic State Group’s increased presence in Africa?

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Is the legal cannabis business about to go global?

What does the future look like for the cannabis ‘Green Rush’?

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Covid: What went wrong in India?

As a second wave of Covid-19 rages through India, Kavita Puri asks what went wrong.

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Is peace under threat in Northern Ireland?

With riots back on the streets of Belfast, what does the future hold for Northern Ireland?

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Will the Taliban rule Afghanistan again?

Charmaine Cozier asks if the Taliban could ever return to power in Afghanistan.

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Why are murder rates in Chicago so high?

Is it time to treat the city of Chicago’s gun crime problem as a public health issue?

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What are NFTs and are they really the next big thing?

Suzanne Kianpour asks if non-fungible tokens are really here to stay.

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Do we need more nuclear power to help deal with climate change?

Tanya Beckett asks if nuclear energy can helps us transition away from fossil fuel power.

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Belarus: Can President Lukashenko be overthrown?

Tanya Beckett asks if Europe’s last dictator can cling on to power for much longer.

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Could Covid-19 have come from a lab leak?

Kavita Puri explores the theory that the pandemic could have originated in a lab.

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Are the Tokyo Olympic games in trouble?

Tanya Beckett asks if Japan can pull off the greatest show on earth during a pandemic?

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Can we make the super-rich pay more tax?

Can we make the super-rich pay more tax?

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Is Nigeria becoming impossible to govern?

As Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis worsens, what can be done to make the country safe?

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Why did so many indigenous children die in Canada’s residential schools?

The harrowing story of the indigenous children forced into Canada’s residential schools.

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Can China raise its birth rate?

China wants to stop its workforce shrinking. So can it raise its birth rate?

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Why was the president of Haiti assassinated?

The controversial rule of Haiti’s president Jovenel Moise.

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What’s behind the recent rioting in South Africa?

Was there more to the riots in South Africa than reaction to the jailing of Jacob Zuma?

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