MARC VANDEPITTE says AI is driving the pace of destruction to unprecedented speed
THE story of illegal street drugs like heroin is a sad one. In starts with poverty-line farmers who grow the crops. They get rock-bottom prices for their harvest and the workers who process the plant material into the useable drugs don’t get paid much either.
It’s the professional big-time gangsters, or corrupt politicians, the ones that are never seen or caught, who make the massive fortunes. By the time their obscene product reaches the streets the drug is back in the hands of the very poor again.
Mostly these are addicts, so poor that they must turn to crime or prostitution to pay for their next fix and the awful circle is complete.
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
Olive oil remains a vital foundation of food, agriculture and society, storing power in the bonds of solidarity. Though Palestinians are under attack, they continue to press forward write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT



