Love getting to write cross-specialism book reviews, transforms the way I view NY Mayor Mamdani’s economic policies, and what that might mean for developing cities around the world. Read the book! And write reviews!
And of course, once again I want to read all of these.
There ain’t no side-eye like a blind German Shepherd side-eye.
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I first reported on H.I.V. in Zambia in 2002, when no one had treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. I saw hospitals where gaunt, dying patients packed the corridors. But Zambia — bolstered by international donors and the U.S. PEPFAR program — turned the tide www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
Actual elections. Must be nice.
This artwork is titled Strada con lampioni (Street with Lampposts), painted by the Italian artist Salvo (Salvatore Mangione) in 2001.
Relatives of, sanctioned individuals and entities linked to RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemedti, have amassed a £17.7m property portfolio in Dubai
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Welcome to Issue 239 of The Continent
Macron is back in Africa: energetic, ambitious, and still trying to convince the world Paris is relevant. Meanwhile, in Mayotte — legally France, geographically Africa — asylum seekers wait for la République to notice them.
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