Why WhatsApp Survived Russia’s Social Media Purge
Russia has branded Meta an “extremist organization” and banned Facebook and Instagram. WhatsApp is a different story.Continue Reading
2022-03-21
Ukraine war: how Russian denial of civilian casualties follows tactics used in Syria
US president Joe Biden has labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the way the war in Ukraine is being carried out. Experts collating the numbers of casualties in Ukraine report that Russia is failing to acknowledge it has killed civilians in its military action, just as itContinue Reading
2022-03-21
Covid: Ireland logs almost 64,000 new cases over bank holiday weekend
Ireland logged almost 64,000 new cases of Covid-19 over the extended bank holiday weekend. Figures covering the period from Thursday of last week to this Monday show a total of 63,954 cases registered through both PCR and antigen tests. The latest figures for Monday show 4,024 cases confirmed by PCRContinue Reading
2022-03-21
Ukraine’s zoos: what is happening to all the animals
No one knows what is going to happen to all the animals at Ukraine's zoos. Shutterstock Details are starting to emerge on how Ukraine’s zoos are coping with the war. Some of the animals including lions, tigers and wild cats have been rehomed to zoos in Poland but this isContinue Reading
2022-03-21
Ukraine: Putin’s vision of ‘Russian Ukraine’ misunderstands how borders came about
Map of the Soviet Union and its republics (1939) Alexander S. Grigorovich In Ukraine’s ongoing negotiations with Russia over its invasion, Vladimir Putin seems to be aiming at the very least to retain Crimea for Russia and ensure recognition for the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics. These breakaway states claimContinue Reading
2022-03-20
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: what her release means for future UK-Iran relations
After many years and several unsuccessful attempts, two British-Iranian dual nationals have been released from custody in Iran and returned home to the UK. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, arrested in 2016 and 2017 respectively, were both detained on charges of spying. A third prisoner, Morad Tahbaz, who has jointContinue Reading
2022-03-20
The history and evolution of Ukrainian national identity – podcast
What does it mean to be a Ukrainian? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to three experts about the origins of Ukrainian nationalism, and how Ukrainian national identity is changing. And we hear about a rare archive of Ukrainian dissident literature from the Soviet era, andContinue Reading
2022-03-19
The Home Office is now publishing stats on irregular migration – here’s what they do (and don’t) tell us
The Home Office has long collected statistics on irregular migration to the UK, but it has never published them officially until now. The statistics, first published in February 2022, are on detected instances of people entering the UK without immigration permission, such as on small boats, stowing away in vehiclesContinue Reading
2022-03-19
How Chagos Islanders are fighting to keep their culture alive in exile
In 2019, Chagossian sega was listed as world heritage by Unesco. University of Edinburgh, Author provided When Olivier Bancoult, Liseby Elysé, Suzelle Baptiste, Rosemonde Bertin and Marcel Humbert set off on the Bleu de Nîmes for the Chagos archipelago in February 2022, it marked the first time exiled Chagos IslandersContinue Reading
2022-03-19
Latest: Heavy fighting sees Russian troops move closer to capturing crucial port
What you need to know right now: Russia said on Saturday that it had used hypersonic Kinzhal (Dagger) missiles to destroy a large weapons depot in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk region, saying it was the first time it had deployed the system in its “special operation”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saidContinue Reading
2022-03-19