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KidZania is an unashamed shrine to the sterile, dystopian human-made landscapes, Steve Parry writes.

What is an internationalist to make of Donald J Trump’s vow to blow up the North American Free Trade Agreement? Mark Engler asks.

Youth services un-axed; Metal-mines out!; Exhausting ink

Nine-year-old Ridhima Pandey is fed up with inaction on climate change, writes Amy Hall.

Campaigners have begun legal proceedings to gain possession of a ‘living memorial’ to Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, Celestine AkpoBari reports.

Protests in southern Italy have delayed plans for construction of a vast natural-gas pipeline into Europe, writes Sarah Shoraka.

What would a city without consumerism look like?

Nguli Mchewa is not exactly sure when he was born, Maina Waruru writes.

Hong Kong has its first woman leader and her ‘election’ is shrouded in controversy, writes Richard Swift.

An all-woman band is using music to challenge China’s rum treatment of women migrant workers, writes Lydia Noon.

The rules of the game changed in the United States last month on 1 May when people experienced a taste of what life was like on ‘a Day without Immigrants’, Marienna Pope-Weidemann writes.

The people of Cajamarca have won an important battle against mining giant AngloGold Ashanti, writes Tatiana Garavito.

Sand-dredging is big business, especially in Asia, where demand has sky-rocketed thanks to the booming construction industry. Rod Harbinson reports from Cambodia on an extractive industry that is mired in corruption and scandal, and meets some of those on the frontline of the fight against it.

The end of the battle against polio might be in sight, but violence and public mistrust are creating yet more obstacles. Laura Jiménez Varo investigates.

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