Missing forests are messing with climate targets
Countries are using forests to pad their climate commitments. Now new satellites might call their bluffContinue Reading
Countries are using forests to pad their climate commitments. Now new satellites might call their bluffContinue Reading
As the Conservative party wrestled with its future direction towards the end of the 1970s, Margaret Thatcher’s think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies, published a pamphlet of speeches by its co-founder, Keith Joseph. The centre had been created “toContinue Reading
From the 1926 General Strike, through the 1956 Suez Canal crisis, to the more recent Brexit debate and the COVID-19 pandemic, how the BBC tries to ensure impartiality in its journalism has always generated fierce debates about its independence. EveryContinue Reading
More and more people are collecting vintage computers. And they’re getting more than they bargained forContinue Reading
The west has long had a fascination with “saving” Afghan women – a theme we have seen in many media reports since August when Kabul fell to Taliban forces. It was a narrative which was also front and centre inContinue Reading
Mooi Design / Shutterstock The reopening of clubs and pubs has been accompanied by alarming reports of drink spiking – deliberately adding alcohol or drugs to someone’s drink without their knowledge. Drink spiking has been reported as far back asContinue Reading
Omar al-Bashir’s regime in Sudan was toppled in 2019, a demise hailed with cries of “just fall!” from protesters massing in the streets of the capital Khartoum. But the transition rested on a power-sharing deal between the protesters and Sudan’sContinue Reading
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget today, Luke Pollard MP said: “This Budget makes it clear the Chancellor is out-of-touch with the priorities of people in Plymouth. “Families in Plymouth and across the South West are going to struggle this winter:Continue Reading
Vaccinations are “not performing as well as hoped” in reducing the transmission of Covid-19, the chief medical officer has said. Dr Tony Holohan said Ireland’s high vaccination rate has prevented thousands of hospital admissions, as well as hundreds of ICUContinue Reading
A type of legal action is increasingly being used by powerful people to shut down criticism from activists, academics, whistleblowers, and journalists. This is known as a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or Slapp. At the time of her assassinationContinue Reading
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