Waiting for SCOTUS: pro-choice activists outside the US Supreme Court on November 1. Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Justices on the US Supreme Court are considering two challenges to abortion restrictions that could have wide-reaching implications for access to abortion across the country. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, weContinue Reading
With means-tested support, those who are less well-off will end up losing more of their assets to pay for their care. pikselstock | Shutterstock Boris Johnson’s proposed new cap on social care has moved a step closer to reality after a majority of MPs voted in favour of it inContinue Reading
Far-right politician, José Antonio Kast, has come away from the first round of the Chilean presidential elections as the candidate with the highest percentage of votes. He will face former student protest leader Gabriel Boric in a fiercely contested run-off vote on December 19. Kast obtained 27.9% of the votesContinue Reading
A double bank holiday around St Patrick’s Day is being considered by the Government. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said March 17th and 18th could both be bank holidays for a four-day weekend in 2022. The extra holiday would serve as a day of remembrance and to thank frontline workers for theirContinue Reading
A consistent feature of the pandemic has been the presence of a relatively small but vocal number of conspiracy theorists who resist attempts to tackle COVID-19. Their views might seem marginal and extreme but recent research suggests that we should take them seriously. Survey data shows that belief in conspiracyContinue Reading
WIRED approved picks from Apple, Fitbit, Samsung and more are discounted ahead of this week’s Black Friday sale.Continue Reading
h If recent events in Cuba are anything to go by, the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is facing significant challenges as the country marks five years since the death of its revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, on November 25 2016. At least one leading dissident, journalist Guillermo Farinas, was takenContinue Reading
Andy Rain/EPA The ability of the British police to operate effectively depends on the consent and support of the general public. The brutal kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everhard by PC Wayne Couzens in March 2021 severely damaged public trust in the police, and their ability to “police by consent”.Continue Reading
The US military is facing allegations it covered up civilian casualty cases in the US-led coalition war against Islamic State (IS). It’s an issue that has drawn attention to one of the most worrying aspects of US and coalition involvement in the Middle East: the large numbers of civilian casualtiesContinue Reading
WIRED approved picks from Apple, Samsung, Shark and more are discounted ahead of Black Friday.Continue Reading
