UN peacekeeping missions aim to build sustainable security and peace in countries affected by conflict. They must also deal with the complex international politics, resourcing, and management of the mission itself. Since the end of the cold war, UN peacekeeping operations have been designed to bring wars to an earlyContinue Reading
A UN peacekeeper on patrol as a resident gathers wood in the Beni region of eastern DRC in 2014. UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti My father left my mother while she was pregnant – she gave birth when he had already left. People call me “daughter of a bitch”. They disturb andContinue Reading
Regulators are close to stopping Meta from sending EU data to the US, bringing a years-long privacy battle to a head.Continue Reading
EPA-EFE/TAIWAN Presidential Palace The recent visit by the speaker of the US House of Representatives to Taiwan, Nancy Pelosi, was made against the wishes of the US government and despite threats from the People’s Republic of China. Following Pelosi’s visit, China launched the largest military exercises ever held so closeContinue Reading
A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down. ThisContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal has directed that two young children who were brought to Ireland by their mother without their father’s consent should be returned to their home jurisdiction. The court upheld an earlier High Court ruling directing that the children be returned to Ireland, and rejected the mother’s claimsContinue Reading
What would moral philosophy say about snitching on this gardener? Alexander Raths / Shutterstock Dry conditions and impending drought mean millions of people in the UK are now, or will soon be, under a hosepipe ban. There is a “temporary use ban” in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, withContinue Reading
A Danish company that’s the sole producer of the only approved vaccine has sold nearly all its supplies to the US, and it won’t be making new doses until 2023.Continue Reading
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Met Éireann are forecasting temperatures will reach up to 26 degrees next week as the warm weather is set to start from Sunday. Tommorrow morning will begin cloudy over much Ulster with patchy light rain. It is expected to be sunnier elsewhere and generally dry, outside of a few wellContinue Reading
