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Agrarian Imagination Under Siege: India’s Farmers Against the Global Agri-Cartel (2006) is now available to download for free at Zenodo. The global news cycle is notoriously fleeting, often treating systemic shifts as fleeting moments of spectacle. When the historic farmers’ protests in India during 2020–21 reached their zenith, images of tractor convoys and mass encampments on the …

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) king BYD aims for a 24 per cent increase in its overseas deliveries in 2026, buoyed by an expanded sales network and new model launches, as it pursues growth abroad to counteract a slowing domestic market. The Shenzhen-based company, the world’s largest builder of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, expected to sell 1.3 million cars this year outside mainland China, up 24.3 per cent from 2025, said Li Yunfei, general manager of branding and public relations,...

The reason ordinary Hongkongers acted so swiftly and generously to help the victims of the Tai Po fire is that they understood instinctively just what a traumatic effect the tragedy must have had on their fellow citizens. The loss of the family home would arouse the deepest emotions at any time. In circumstances where the loss was sudden, not the fault of the individuals themselves and accompanied by the deaths of scores of neighbours, the feelings would be particularly intense. There is a...

BBC Scotland crunches the numbers behind a gripping three-way fight for the Scottish top-flight title as a pivotal weekend looms.

BBC Scotland crunches the numbers behind a gripping three-way fight for the Scottish top-flight title as a pivotal weekend looms.

BBC Scotland crunches the numbers behind a gripping three-way fight for the Scottish top-flight title as a pivotal weekend looms.

Associated Press BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescatistas indonesios lidiaban el domingo con montones de barro, escombros y un suelo empapado, mientras buscaban a decenas de personas que desaparecidas después de un alud de tierra provocado por lluvias torrenciales el día anterior en la isla principal del país, Java, que mató al menos a 11 personas. […]

The Dawlish railway line is closed "until further notice" after a sea wall partially collapsed.

Arman Tsarukyan says Paddy Pimblett was "pushed up the rankings artificially" and his title shot against Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 was "completely undeserved".

Arman Tsarukyan says Paddy Pimblett was "pushed up the rankings artificially" and his title shot against Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 was "completely undeserved".

Allies of the prime minister may try to block the mayor of Greater Manchester from standing in a parliamentary by-election.

Alex Honnold has become the first person to climb the Taiwanese building alone without safety equipment.