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World history

  • Not Black Swan or Grey Rhino: Why Black Jellyfish is the perfect metaphor for the Covid-19 pandemic

    Not Black Swan or Grey Rhino: Why Black Jellyfish is the perfect metaphor for the Covid-19 pandemic

    Atanu Biswas
    · May 18, 2020 · 07:30 am
  • Four pandemics that can offer us lessons on dealing with the novel coronavirus

    Four pandemics that can offer us lessons on dealing with the novel coronavirus

    David Griffin and Justin Denholm, The Conversation
    · Apr 20, 2020 · 11:30 pm
  • Video: A one-of-a-kind exhibition tells the history of India and the world using just 230 objects

    Video: A one-of-a-kind exhibition tells the history of India and the world using just 230 objects

    Ramakrishnan M
    · Nov 17, 2017 · 07:17 pm
  • Tune in: The fascinating story of how BBC started its first foreign language radio station in Arabic

    Tune in: The fascinating story of how BBC started its first foreign language radio station in Arabic

    Louis Allday
    · Oct 08, 2017 · 09:30 am
  • These illustrations from the Judeo-Persian epic ‘Fath Nama’ are a work of art

    These illustrations from the Judeo-Persian epic ‘Fath Nama’ are a work of art

    Ilana Tahan
    · Sep 28, 2017 · 10:30 pm