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As developing countries confront a new era of elevated inflation, rising interest rates, a stronger dollar, and capital outflows, some governments stand to benefit from a little-noticed bonanza. During the "Great Moderation" that preceded the Covid-19 pandemic, years of low inflation led to the growth of sovereign debt issued at…

Relatives and friends of young women killed by a suicide bomber at an education centre in Afghanistan last week write about their loved ones

WASHINGTON — Here's a look at some of the major cases to be heard by the Supreme Court in the term beginning Oct. 3.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opens a historic term Monday by welcoming its first Black woman to the bench as it faces challenges to past liberal rulings on race, affirmative action and voting rights.

As research into psychedelics and their medical uses makes a comeback, scientists are having to deal with the legacy – both scientific and social – of a 40-year nearly total freeze on psychedelics research.

Why are activists trying to stop research into a promising backup plan to handle climate change?

Influential American philosopher whose 1980 book Naming and Necessity challenged ideas about the identity of mind and brain

Former Harvard president has been playing inflation Cassandra on TV for months. Can we hear other views?

New York (AFP) - A commercial plane photoshopped with the tail of a shark, hashtags that misleadingly evoke sustainability, tokenistic use of minorities to distract and to signal virtue: a Harvard report published Tuesday highlights rampant greenwashing by leading companies on social media.