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Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

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Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

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Image: Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed the plague in medieval Europe. Image source: Wikimedia...

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The War on Gaza Has Taken My Home, My Dreams and My Grandmother. What’s Left?

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Photo caption: A woman walks along a path through rubble with her children as displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza...

Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system

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Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system

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Photo caption: The grain deal allowed Ukrainian corn and other products to reach ports in Lebanon and elsewhere. Photo credit:...

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COMMENTARY: The Four Horsemen of the 21st century…

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Image caption: Scales with dollars and skull with US flag. Image credit: Getty Images / bestdesigns. Opinion article by Chris Hedges....

Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it’s a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

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Agribusiness & Agtech

Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it’s a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

4 years ago Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Grain warehouse destroyed by Russian attacks in Kopyliv, Kyiv province, Ukraine, May 28, 2022. Photo credit: Dogukan Keskinkilic...

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Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system

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Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic, but today it’s a war crime in Ukraine, Yemen, Tigray and elsewhere

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