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Digital distrust. The world is losing faith in technology.
An unfair start. Many school systems perpetuate inequality.
60% gone in the last 50 years. Our impact on wildlife and the planet.
A truth that few governments speak. We have to integrate migrants.
400,000 premature deaths a year. 90% of the world breathes polluted air.
AI beat twenty top lawyers. Why that's good news for legal eagles.
Are elephants people? With a little help, they might be soon.
Alien asteroids? Is a strange space object a lump of rock or an extra-terrestrial probe?
First place under heaven. How China aims to lead the digital revolution.
Information wars. A window into the alternative media ecosystem.
Does gender equality widen gender differences? A new study -- and its flaws.
What developing countries can teach America about banking. An op-ed by two Forum leads. (CNN Business)
Cooperation highlighted at World Investment Forum. Quotes World Economic Forum president Børge Brende. (Xinhua)
European Parliament bans single-use plastics. Cites Forum research. (New York Times)
South African academic joins Forum Future Council on Cybersecurity. (Independent Online)
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