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How a historic ‘magical bean’ is helping Indigenous groups in Colombia

In the La Guajira region of Colombia, a multiyear drought and climate change-fueled natural disasters have disrupted ...

The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and ...

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What If Russia Loses in Ukraine? Thinking the Next Security Order

A comprehensive review of Russia's wartime failures underscores the urgency of maintaining stability and accountability post-conflict.

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U.S. Drops To Its Lowest Ranking In Global Corruption Perceptions Index

Here are the world's most and least corrupt countries according to Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

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Survey says democracies' anti-corruption efforts are slipping and raises concern about the U.S.

The U.S. was down one point from 2024 for its worst showing yet under the methodology Transparency started using for its global ranking in 2012, putting it in 29th place in the first year of President ...

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The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index

The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures views of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.

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These are the coldest countries in the world

While some places are burning hot, others are freezing cold! The coldest countries are generally found in the polar regions and in high latitudes, where temperatures can plummet to extreme lows. These ...