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A key element of the crime of genocide is intent. Prosecutors must show that those who carried out mass killings did so with the conscious intent to wipe out a people in whole or part.

The international system is breaking down. Borders are increasingly meaningless after the invasions of Ukraine and Gaza. China eyes Taiwan across the strait and insists that it will reunify the island with the mainland by force if necessary.

The killing of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey in northern England has reopened a debate that periodically comes back but has never been satisfactorily answered.

Many Republicans are suspicious of Federal Reserve-issued digital currency. They see it as a way for government to extend its control over money.

These are strange times for humanity. On one hand, AI, confined within its abstract, immaterial space, is beginning to transform our shared culture into a hyperreal simulacrum of already existing human expression.

The US has been pushing Israel to tone down its bombing campaign in Gaza and strike enemy leaders instead.

Whether it’s a used luxury handbag, vintage sneakers, a cellphone or a low-tech treadmill, nearly everything old is finding new life through reselling items, both online and in stores.

African artists are winning global fame with Afrobeats, combining Ghanian Highlife and West African percussion with rock and jazz roots.

Ours is a world of refugees — 36.4 million of them, in fact. Wars from Ukraine to Gaza and Sudan have thrown millions of people from there homes.

The African National Congress is failing to deliver basic services to its citizens. Led by corrupt, dishonest and incompetent leaders, the party relies on past glory and fear-mongering falsehoods about the opposition to retain its hold on power.