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 How Latin America can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Latin American countries have displayed an extraordinary commitment to sustainable development in their extensive participation in the 2030 Agenda. They must now show their ability to lead the way in making this vision a reality.

 Venezuela's economic crisis: all you need to know in 4 charts | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Food riots are the latest manifestation of Venezuela's collapsing economy.

 This new method of carbon capture turns carbon dioxide into solid rock | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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A study has outlined a method a method for turning atmospheric carbon into solid rock.

 Renewable energy is not just a fix for climate change - it's also a sign of progress | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Renewable energy is not just a reaction to climate change and Latin America is proof of that, says Francesco Starace.

 How the EU helps Britain to be a stronger and kinder country | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Dominic Llewellyn on how the EU has helped the UK be kinder and stronger both at home and abroad and why we should remain in the community.

 Archaeologists just found a huge structure in a 2,000-year-old city using satellites and drones | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Using drones and satellites, researchers have made their recent find: a monumental platform that's roughly half the size of a football field.

 Managing the rise of the killer robots | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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The machines rise, subjugating humanity. It’s a science fiction trope that’s almost as old as machines themselves. The doomsday scenarios spun around this theme are so outlandish – like The Matrix, in which human-created artificial intelligence plugs humans into a simulated reality to harvest energy from their bodies – it’s difficult to visualize them as serious threats.

 Is this the key to preventing dementia? | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Australian research suggests that any form of exercise is the number one protective factor against memory loss.

 These researchers are deliberately designing a malevolent AI machine | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Implementing cybersecurity is now a necessary requirement for protecting against AI.

 Women are far more likely to suffer from anxiety than men. Why? | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Researchers conducted a review of studies on the proportion of people with anxiety around the world to find out who is most affected.

 The rest of the world can learn from Namibia, says Joseph Stiglitz | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Joseph E. Stiglitz and Anya Schiffrin look at the progress made in Namibia, and suggest others countries could learn a lot.

 The TTIP is not where it needs to be. How can get it there? | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Public support is vital for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to move forward – but this presents significant challenges.

 Why we need political leadership to make migration safer | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Peter Sutherland, UN Special Representative for International Migration, argues the international community must act to prevent more lives being lost.

 Something strange is going on in the US jobs market | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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Nick Bunker looks at the gap between job openings and job hires.

 Wall Street vs Main Street: the impact of the US government's bailout of the financial system | File Type: image/jpeg | Duration: Unknown
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New research examines the impact of the US federal government's rescue of the financial system in 2008-9.

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