Russia Is Facing a Tech Worker Exodus
With founders and developers scrambling for the exit, the Russian tech scene is taking a major hit.Continue Reading
2022-03-23
Relationship help programmes may be more successful for people who have ‘sensitivity’ genes
Your genetics may partly explain whether relationship therapy works for you. Irma eyewink/ Shutterstock If the pandemic has put a strain on your relationship, you might be thinking about going to couples therapy or taking a relationship course to help. After all, research shows that certain relationship education courses canContinue Reading
2022-03-23
Online safety bill: ambiguous definitions of harm could threaten freedom of speech – instead of protecting it
tommaso79/Shutterstock The UK government’s much anticipated online safety bill has now been released. The bill seeks to impose a duty of care on companies, such as social media platforms, to remove illegal content, and in some cases, “legal but harmful” content, quickly. Failure to comply will result in heavy finesContinue Reading
2022-03-23
Ukraine war: why are so many Russian generals being killed?
Yet another Russian general, Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, is reported to have been killed by Ukrainian forces in a conflict that is less than a month old. Mordvichev’s death was announced on Ukraine social media on March 20 2022, but has yet to be confirmed by the Kremlin. His death, ifContinue Reading
2022-03-23
Bridgerton season 2: Who’s who in the Ton as the Netflix hit returns
A fter more than a year’s wait, Bridgerton is coming back to our screens in T-minus three days and the tension is threatening to burst our bodices. You would have been hard-pressed to have missed the first series. The frocks, drama and scandal made it a worldwide hit, viewed byContinue Reading
2022-03-23
Ukraine coverage shows gender roles are changing on the battlefield and in the newsroom
News coverage of Ukraine’s war with Russia has been illustrated by images of men, young and old, taking up arms and fighting for their country. The political leaders involved are men who represent very different versions of masculinity. Meanwhile, from an ad hoc TV studio outside Kyiv, Ukrainian news anchorContinue Reading
2022-03-23
Sky-High Gas Prices Push Europe’s Gig Workers to Strike
Drivers and couriers in the UK and Germany are protesting this week as the rising cost of fuel erodes their earnings.Continue Reading
2022-03-22
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iranian arms dealing continued in the UK even after notorious tank deal fell apart in 1979
UK government/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Following her release from detention in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held hostage since 2016, said: “what happened now should have happened six years ago”. She was referring to the fact that her release had been secured at the same time as the British government paid Iran aContinue Reading
2022-03-22
UK’s daily Covid cases 14% lower than last week with 94,524 new infections
THE UK has seen a dip of 14 per cent in daily Covid cases compared to a week ago – with 94,524 new infections reported today. Omicron is a milder strain, with studies showing vaccines slash the risk of hospitalisation or severe illness even further. Most people who catch itContinue Reading
2022-03-22
Ukraine war: people are fighting and dying for Vladimir Putin’s flawed version of history
Vladimir Putin invoked history to justify his country’s invasion of Ukraine. To cement that message at home, his regime is feeding domestic audiences propaganda insisting that the Russian army fights “against Nazism” across the globe. In a bid to ensure this message takes root among the country’s youth, Russia’s MinistryContinue Reading
2022-03-22