The response from the streets is growing against Macron’s attempt to impose a budget that foresees €44 billion ($52 billion) ...

Despite holding an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral resources in vast deposits of cobalt, coltan, gold, tin and ...

As an old friend joins a right-wing political party, a reader asks our Agony Uncle for advice.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has perhaps the richest concentration of precious metals and minerals on earth. Colette Braeckman describes how their exploitation by warring factions has fuelled the ...

During the protest on DSEI’s opening day several protesters were thrown to the floor and bruised as London’s Metropolitan police came down hard. The Met confirmed that three people were arrested, ...

Secretive and ruthless, the traffickers controlling the kidney trade thrive on the desperation of the poor and the sick. Nancy Scheper-Hughes lays bare the ‘collateral damage’. The slide on the screen ...

What is a corporation? Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary defines it as 'an ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility'. It is a legal construct, a charter granted by the ...

Surprisingly, Rwanda regularly tops global gender equality tables. What can a traditional sexual practice reveal about gender norms? Alice McCool finds out ‘Sex is for the woman. This is because the ...

As COP28 winds down, Hamza Hamouchene sounds the alarm about the dark side of climate capitalism. It now has another claim to fame however, as just six miles away from the town is one of the biggest ...

Adverts gleam with promises of transformation and transcendence – via material objects. Jean Kilbourne decodes this gigantic propaganda effort. A recent ad for Thule car-rack systems features a child ...