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Ian Buruma. Illustration: TBS
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What is the point of the Olympics?

Tokyo in 2021 surely doesn’t need the Olympic Games. And yet, even during a pandemic, the Olympic army marches on, upholding its only ideal: making enormous amounts of money for itself, for...

Bangladesh is ranked among the top 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage, with more than 38 million child brides. Photo: Reuters
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How much does it cost to be a woman?

Human activities inconsiderate of consequences pose a major threat to life below ocean. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Why we must protect the oceans

Adam Tooze. Illustration: TBS
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Can elites start the climate revolution?

Yair Lapid, second left, and Naftali Bennett, next to him, in the Knesset. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Strange bedfellows: The astonishing diversity in Israel's new coalition government

Khondoker Tasfin Alam. illustration: TBS
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Innovative technologies can spur e-commerce growth in Bangladesh

Zev Chafets. Illustration: TBS
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Only one thing holds the new Israeli coalition together

Readus Salehen Jawad. Illustration: TBS
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Sympathy for the devil: How childhood trauma forms a cycle of abuse

Ransomware attacks, which lock computer systems before a ransom is paid, have climbed. Photo: REUTERS
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Tonight's T-Bone steak is critical infrastructure

Namia Akhtar. Illustration: TBS
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Does Bangladesh need foreign university branch campuses?

Oranicha Jumreornvong. Illustration: TBS
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Asian restaurants helped me heal after a hate-crime attack

Ehasan Ahmed. Illustration: TBS
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You need to know more about the ongoing semiconductor catastrophe 

Sumit Banik. Illustration: TBS
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Menstrual health care: It’s time to break the taboo and talk about it