Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates in decades and a rapidly worsening global food crisis – western leaders have met for two major summits. The G7 met in Germany and Nato leaders gathered in Madrid. TheContinue Reading
China dominates the global supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Now rival countries are scrambling for more control over “white oil.”Continue Reading
Michael Reynolds / EPA-EFE If the SNP Scottish government and Nicola Sturgeon, first minister, get their way, then in October 2023 voters in Scotland will again be asked “Should Scotland be an independent country?”. This will be the same wording used in September 2014 for the first independence referendum. This,Continue Reading
Hope as a stubborn desire. Onkundi Nyabuto | Unsplash, FAL All too often, hope is equated to a desire for something fleeting: good results on an exam, the win of a favourite team, the wanted present. Quite whether something so insubstantial can actually be called “hope”, though, is a questionContinue Reading
Prospective tenants are being pitted against one another in rent bidding wars, the Dáil has heard. As the Irish Examiner reports, Labour leader Ivana Bacik raised a case of a constituent who had been asked to indicate the top rent they would be willing to pay by a landlord advertisingContinue Reading
Protests have been banned at the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover ceremony. John Ye/Shutterstock July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British colonial rule to the People’s Republic of China. The restrictions on how the anniversary is being held are symbolic of how muchContinue Reading
Over the past 25 years, lion numbers have decreased by 43% throughout Africa, as their range has declined by more than 90%. Shutterstock Over the past 25 years, I have spent a lot of time counting lions as part of my job. Only last month, I spent three hours withContinue Reading
The country’s regulatory measures range from vetting medical and financial influencers to algorithmic audits. What, if anything, can the West learn?Continue Reading
fizkes/Shutterstock In the 1990s and 2000s, a Christian movement now known as “purity culture” reached its height. Purity culture was most significant in America, and since the noughties, it has gradually faded from cultural prominence. Its impact, though, is global and ongoing. Purity culture was built on an established religiousContinue Reading
The US Supreme Court. flysnowfly/Shutterstock The US Supreme Court has formally announced its decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This has overturned the 1973 case Roe v Wade, which enshrined access to abortion as a constitutional right in the US. The threat to Roe hasContinue Reading
