Politics (Page 535)

The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group.Continue Reading

shutterstock This summer has marked 10 years since the London 2012 Olympics, and a chance to reflect on the event’s legacy. From the outset, the aim was to make it a ground-breakingly sustainable event. According to the United Nations, sustainability is “development that meets the needs of the present withoutContinue Reading

The highest temperature for August in almost 20 years has been recorded with heatwave conditions forecast over the coming days. A value of 29.2 degrees Celsius was recorded at Met Éireann’s Oak Park weather station at 3pm on Wednesday, the highest since the 30.3 degrees maximum at Balderrig, Co MayoContinue Reading

In recent decades, trans people have achieved limited rights. At the same time, anti-trans views and political backlashes have become more visible and effective in contesting those rights. For example, since 2009, according to the Independent Press Standards Organisation, there has been a 400% increase in reporting in trans issuesContinue Reading

It cost a researcher only $25 worth of parts to create a tool that allows custom code to run on the satellite dishes.Continue Reading

Published in 1946, the novel Orphan of Asia, by Taiwanese author Wu Zhou-liu, tells the story of Hu Tai-ming. Born in Japan-occupied Taiwan, brought up in the Chinese tradition, Hu is forced into the Japanese educational system. Eventually he finds himself excluded by the Japanese, and witnessing the horror ofContinue Reading

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