The UK government has reportedly launched an enquiry into how British-manufactured components have made their way into Russian weapons systems, despite an arms embargo being in operation since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Russian material captured by Ukrainian forces has revealed a significant dependence on western-made components. Multiple UK-manufactured high-frequencyContinue Reading
If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a profound economic crisis, sparking massive protests around the country. The protests are happening against a backdrop of painful and unresolved aspects of the island’s history, following a civil war that drove and deepened ethnic and religious divisions. The poorest are the worst affected, butContinue Reading
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended his Government’s plan to continue with the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) to land owned by the Sisters of Charity religious order, saying the agreement effectively amounts to public ownership. The planned relocation of the hospital from Dublin’s Holles Street to a siteContinue Reading
Shutterstock Labour is set to decisively win the 2022 local government elections in London, according to the latest survey by the Mile End Institute in partnership with the polling organisation YouGov. Our poll of 1,232 adults between April 19 and 22 gives Labour a huge 27-point lead, indicating that ThursdayContinue Reading
Censors are cracking down on free speech online, but people are finding new ways to get around them.Continue Reading
Nothing like a coherent strategy emerged from 20 years of Nato’s war in Afghanistan; at best there were long lists of aspirations with no clear objectives or assessments of the resources needed to achieve them. But, two months after the Russian invasion, it looks very much as if the USContinue Reading
One of the most basic and intuitive features that are expected of any legal system is to treat similar cases in a similar way. Sadly, when it comes to the law of negligence, Israel is not consistent in its treatment of Palestinians and other (often Jewish) citizens. In the recentContinue Reading
According to news website Politico, the US supreme court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade – the key 1973 decision that gave women a broad right to abortion. Roe currently protects, within limits, a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Without it, states would be free to makeContinue Reading
Understanding diversity concepts in the workplace is crucial. SeventyFour | Shutterstock Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a sensitive topic. People are afraid to get things wrong or to use the wrong word. It doesn’t help that the words involved are confusing. You have probably encountered these concepts atContinue Reading
