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The Birkin bag made by French luxury retailer Hermès has become a status symbol for the global elite. Notoriously difficult... more

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For over 40 years, the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey, fighting for Kurdish... more

When the first cases of COVID-19 began to spread around the world in early 2020, people in Iquitos, a remote... more

One hundred years ago, a paper was published in the journal Nature that would radically shift our understandings of the... more

Every day that he was locked up in a scam compound in Southeast Asia, George thought about how to get... more

A few weeks after Ben Yeo travelled to Cambodia for what he thought was a job in a casino, he... more

As the Trump administration ratchets up its threat to slap tariffs on allies and economic rivals alike, the world is... more

Since Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter in 2022, many users have looked for alternatives, fuelling a wave of online migration... more

As Germany heads towards elections on February 23, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) is polling in second place on... more

Quantum computers have the potential to solve big scientific problems that are beyond the reach of today’s most powerful supercomputers,... more

Firefighters in Los Angeles continue to battle devastating wildfires that have killed at least 27 people and left thousands of... more

From Gaza to Ukraine, today’s war zones are being used as testing grounds for new systems driven by artificial intelligence.... more

Every year, 400 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide, and every year, approximately 57 million tons of plastic waste... more

In a special episode to start 2025, we’ve brought together three science editors from The Conversation’s editions around the world... more

Zimbabwe is on the cusp of abolishing the death penalty after its Death Penalty Abolition Bill was approved by the... more