What you need to know right now Ukraine said it will try on Wednesday to evacuate civilians through six “humanitarian corridors” Russia said it would provide, including from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Turkey on Wednesday for talks with hisContinue Reading
To justify his designs on Ukraine, Russian president Vladimir Putin has repeatedly referred to what Russians call the Kievan Rus. He sees this Orthodox medieval state which centred around the contemporary Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as the common point of origin for both Ukrainians and Russians. To his mind, this meansContinue Reading
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michael Buholzer/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Around the world, the activism of Black women has been instrumental in shaping social justice agendas and promoting human rights. Their work has improved the health and welfareContinue Reading
Challenging games are often associated with gatekeeping. But designers can use difficulty levels in interesting and valuable ways.Continue Reading
War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics.Continue Reading
The political crisis that has gripped Belarus for the past 18 months has seen president Aliaksandr Lukashenka (the preferred Belarusian spelling; “Alexander Lukashenko” is the Russian transliteration) transition from a peacemaker to a pawn in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. After hosting talks in 2015 to end fighting in easternContinue Reading
A protest sign reads "Glory to Ukraine" in Ukrainian. Stefano Guidi / Shutterstock Vladimir Putin has written about the “historical unity” of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, in part through their language. In Ukraine, these statements are refuted by evidence of Ukrainian’s long history as a separate nation and language.Continue Reading
PATIENTS waiting more than 18 months for NHS treatment will be able to go private for free in plans to slash the Covid backlog. Health Secretary Sajid Javid will say today that expanding the “right to choose” will help speed up care as six million languish on waiting lists. TheContinue Reading
Experiencing skin-shade prejudice can impact on a person's self-confidence and their relationships. AS photostudio | Shutterstock The Black Lives Matter movement, and the renewed focus on equality and social justice for black people that has come with it, has brought increasing attention to the issue of colourism. This form ofContinue Reading
Images of gaunt, exhausted faces of people fleeing bombardment and death once again dominate global news. From Mariupol to Irpin, Russian artillery attacks on Ukrainian civilians have kept them trapped in hell. Every day, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky pleads for help. He begs for military support to save hisContinue Reading
