Politics (Page 644)

Even the head of the country’s online offensive is surprised by the successes—although they’re not without controversy.Continue Reading

The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill has become law after an extended period of back and forth between the House of Commons and House of Lords. From its conception, the bill has been extremely controversial, particularly because of the increased powers it hands to police to stop protests. HereContinue Reading

Public trust in elections is being undermined by disinformation campaigns. Shutterstock Public trust in elections is being targeted around the world by a series of disinformation campaigns from a range of international players. This is giving rise to an increasing lack of trust in how votes are counted. The almostContinue Reading

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine two months ago, the world has grown used to the sight of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky’s diplomatic initiatives, initially from hiding in the besieged capital, Kyiv, and more recently in open meetings with a range of world leaders, have made him oneContinue Reading

It feels as if there has been an added whiff of danger about the conflict in Ukraine this week, which – for the first time since the Russian military crossed the border two months ago – threatens to go beyond Ukraine into neighbouring countries and, perhaps, Russia itself. A seriesContinue Reading

Protesters have called for the complete independence of the new National Maternity Hospital to ensure women’s health services remain secular. Demonstrators have raised concerns about the legal framework surrounding the workings of the new hospital that was recently approved by the HSE. Particular concerns regarding the legal ownership of theContinue Reading

Public trust in elections is being undermined by disinformation campaigns. Shutterstock Public trust in elections is being targeted around the world by a series of disinformation campaigns from a range of international players. This is giving rise to an increasing lack of trust in how votes are counted. The almostContinue Reading

Tero Vessalainen/Shutterstock News that the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is buying Twitter has sent the world into a spin, dividing those who advocate for unfettered free speech – like Musk – and those who believe that some platforms wield too much power and influence. But the ultimate outcome forContinue Reading

frank_peters / Shutterstock By the time you finish reading this article, at least one new case of child sexual abuse will have been reported. In the US, a child is sexually assaulted every nine minutes. In the UK, this figure is closer to one every seven minutes. The sexual abuseContinue Reading