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Here’s everything 2021 has – and hasn’t – promised us so far

Haddiqua Siddiqui
Gal Gadot is dressed as Wonder Woman with a gold head piece and red armor. Her hair is long and dark. The background behind her is gold and she looking over her shoulder to the right.

With studios moving to streaming, what is the future of the movie industry?

Tatayana Allen
A pointer hovers over security icon on computer screen.

The cybersecurity attack that we haven’t left in 2020

Helena Ong

[Image Description: A group of Hazara Muslim boys stand and pose for a photo, their expressions solemn] Via Unsplash

The Hazara Community has been suffering for years, yet no one comes to their aid

Arsh Khan
Image of a cotton field, bright blue sky and clouds

The global fashion industry is complicit in the forced labor of Uyghur Muslims in China

Rebecca Azad
An iceberg in Tiniteqilaaq, Greenland.

Underneath the Arctic ice lies a political bloodbath

Helena Ong

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A record number of journalists have been jailed worldwide in 2020

Haddiqua Siddiqui
A picture of a person with dark skin wearing a white lab coat and holding a syringe.

The global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is far from equal

Tatayana Allen
[Image Description: A screengrab of a meme about the popularity of memes in 2020] Via Unsplash

How meme culture has redefined our understanding of politics

Bashirat Oladele

Pakistan seems to have embraced Christmas but not Christians

Safa Shoaib
A girl smiling in a field of sunflowers

21 wholesome and heartwarming things that happened this year

Simi Segun
Skyline of Beijing, China's capital.

China’s Belt & Road Initiative: What you need to know

Helena Ong