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Last year Kenya’s President William Ruto established a task force to investigate the escalating cases of gender-based violence including femicide. The task force travelled around the country gathering information and at the beginning of this year published its recommendations, wh ...  Show more

Flesh-eating parasitic flies have been found in the US state of Texas for the first time in decades. Known as the New World Screwworm, officials have now put plans in place to try and contain its spread. The fly feeds off warm-blooded animals, like cattle, dogs and horses, but if ...  Show more

As oil and gas prices soar, can European countries wean themselves off Russian energy supplies? Boris Johnson has been meeting the Canadian and Dutch prime ministers to talk about more sanctions against Russia and what to do about many European nations’ dependence on Russian hydr ...  Show more

With the losses piling up, is it time for Joe Biden to hit reset on his Presidency? Plus, the administration announces a new testing plan, but is it too late to stop the surge? And, Donald Trump versus the GOP establishment. On today’s panel: Toluse Olorunnipa of the Washington ...  Show more

Even as Western countries band together to condemn Israel’s actions, aid <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/07/17/a-first-hand-look-at-gazas-controversial-food-distribution-sites?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligen ...

As the Covid crisis converges with scandals at #10 Downing Street, politicians on both sides of the aisle discuss whether British PM Boris Johnson has any credibility now … How much does climate change have to do with the calamity in Kentucky? … Reckoning with slavery across Amer ...  Show more