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Zarah Sultana: Palantir has no place in UK public services From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?

The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline Palantir hired four Ministry of Defence officials last year. Then it won its biggest ever contract with the department

Trumps recent actions point to a turbulent year for the world The White House is putting itself in a position to fight more wars overseas while controlling dissent at home

Renee Goods killing reveals how far the state will go No one is safe. ICE expansion exposes the long deadly history of state violence against Black bodies at home and abroad

Could I be in their cabinet?: Big Business eyes up Reform How Nigel Farages anti-establishment party began a love affair with lobbyists and industry leaders

Venezuela without Venezuelans As bombs fall and power shifts, Venezuela is reframed as a geopolitical case study, while the voices of those living through the crisis are pushed aside

Taxpayers paid to send MoD official to work for elite bank Rothschild & Co The secondment, which comes as ministers court private finance, ended on same day we asked the government about it

Trumps $1.5trn gamble: Will endless conflict win midterm votes? While eyes were on Caracas, US forces launched attacks across three continents. This is a war presidency

After Maduro, there is a storm brewing in Venezuela Oil, Trump, an entrenched regime and a discontented populace make for an uncertain future in Venezuela

Venezuela and the journey from Monroes Doctrine to Trumps Jungle Law The US has a long history of military intervention in Latin America, but never before has it been so brazen

In Ghanas markets, brotherly bonds with Nigeria are being tested The Ghanaian government has taken a custom and levies approach to a centuries-old immigrant trader phenomenon, that seems impossible to enforce.

A flash in the pan: The end of Gabriel Borics government in Chile Chiles presidential run-off is looming, and the lefts hopeful, Jeanette Jara, is distancing herself from government

Israel is acting with impunity. Is it overconfident in Trumps support? Horrified by IDF war crimes in Gaza, more Americans are said to support Palestine than Israel for the first time ever

UK plans add new layer of cruelty for asylum seekers, expert warns The decision to end the automatic right to family reunion will intensify vulnerable refugees trauma and suffering

Police take no further action in more than half of rape reports Revealed: Majority of rape allegations in England and Wales are closed due to lack of evidence or public interest

Trump, Maduro, and the risks of the unpredictable Trumps military campaign and threats of regime change in Venezuela add uncertainty to the countrys democratic future

With UK politics in flux, Your Party may well surprise you yet Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one

The quiet crisis at the heart of British democracy Our politics have changed, but our voting system remains the same – and its holding us back

Hope amid chaos: Inside Your Partys inaugural conference The event was a messy, fractious and, at times, tense display of the kind of true democracy missing from UK politics

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Women in low-income areas in Kenya face unsafe abortions due to USAID cuts Birth control shortages will only worsen if Trump goes ahead with plan to burn millions of dollars of contraceptives

Farewell, from Beyond Trafficking and Slavery After 11 years of publishing, the team at Beyond Trafficking and Slavery is moving on to new projects. Thank you for joining us!

In Mileis Argentina, austerity economics manifests as a mental health crisis Drastic cuts to mental health budget and benefits are worsening Argentinas already fragile emotional well-being

Did Rachel Reeves cost of living budget deliver for women? The Labour budget offered some promising measures, but lacked any great ambition to tackle inequality

This budget shows Labour government is still stuck in short-termism Labour has tied itself in knots with its fiscal plans and spending cuts – and neither will grow the economy

Bots spread disinformation campaign over sanctioned mining tycoon Network shared misleading claims that Dan Gertler was cleared of corruption allegations in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Global gold prices have made Ghana richer. But at what cost? Vital medicinal plants, which some 70 of Ghanaians rely on due to high costs of private healthcare, are being lost to illegal gold mines.

Will American anti-trafficking ever recover from Trump 2.0? The White House is dangerously close to making anti-trafficking what the critics always said it was: flash and fluff

Yet another government has failed to deliver for Disabled people Like her Conservative predecessors, Labours Reeves has blamed Disabled people for the states problems

Ecuador referendum: No more blank cheques for President Noboa The electorate has forcefully voted no to foreign military bases and the Noboas attempt to draft a new constitution