Decades-long rivalry between two nuclear powers. Symbolized in the Wagah-Attari border ceremony. This ceremony takes place every evening immediately before…
Bill Gates (centre) boards a helicopter to the World Economic Forum on the tarmac of Zurich Airport, in Ruemlang, Switzerland.PHOTO:…
“Nøkken” (The Nix) lures people into the water to drown. Prime Minister Erna Solberg steers Norway’s environmental reputation into a dive. In…
The Venezuela state collapse has led to more than 3,4 million refugees according to UNHCR and IOM creating a severe…
EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker where given a lesson in climate policy when climate activist Greta Thunberg (16) came to…
Remember when Donald Trump Kept the Queen Waiting for Tea. The monarch has met 11 of the 12 U.S. presidents who…
A jumping spider, which uses sharp eyesight to hunt its prey. ThomasShahan.com/Flickr, CC BY-SA Bill Laurance, James Cook University Climate change…
There can be no doubt, Trump is a bigot and racist and he produces haters and bigotry. The MAGA Bomber…
Fear of Islam pervades every corner of modern Muslim life. Brexit and the Trump Admin. have made the situation far…
MPs have suggested a working definition of Islamophobia for the first time. John Gomez/Shutterstock Chris Allen, University of Leicester The…
Indian Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid Mosque in Delhi. Rajat Gupta/EPA Joerg Friedrichs, University of Oxford Especially since…
Author Nathalie Pettorelli, Journal of Applied Ecology Blog Rewilding is perceived by many ecologists and environmental scientists as a highly…
Russia claims its controversial Iskander M launcher doesn’t violate the INF treaty. SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AAP Ramesh Thakur, Australian National University On October…
‘We have a system that is fundamentally broken.’ — Rep. @AOC is explaining just how f*cked campaign finance laws really are…
Photo: Anders Hellberg ”The strongest girl in the world” are from Sweden; in the 70’s it was Pippi Longstocking who…
Optical fibers carry data from the web, these cables were previously neutral containers – but not anymore. What you need…
Happy Birthday, Facebook! 15 years today — and what a rollercoaster it has been. We created a friendship anniversary video…
Kanaka Durga (39) and Bindu Ammini (40) made history by becoming the first in centuries to enter Sabarimala Temple, which…
The erosion of democratic liberties in the United States could trigger a worldwide regression of freedom. And part of the blame…
Robert and Trude mourned their son’s lonely life in his wheelchair. But when Mats died, friends all over Europe lit candles…
shutterstock. italianestro/Shutterstock Kevin Albertson, Manchester Metropolitan University It hardly needs saying, but there are changes afoot in the political economy of…
“Our house is on fire,” said the Swedish student activist who has galvanized 100,000 fellow teens around the world to…
Christopher Dent, Edge Hill University The clock is ticking for China and the US to resolve their trade dispute. Some…
#CORRUPTION The New York district attorney dropped a financial fraud investigation of Ivanka Trump, left, and her brother, Donald Jr.,…
A study of drinking water sourced from groundwater in areas of intensive farming and horticulture found nitrate levels are already…
Roman Teteruk/Shutterstock Mark Whittingham, Newcastle University Wind turbines are a leading source of green energy which could supply 12% of…
By Joe Dunckley / shutterstock Grant Wilson, University of Birmingham and Iain Staffell, Imperial College London Nine years ago, Britain…
Goodnight from Davos. -15 and we’re sleeping in tents at the @ArcticBasecamp #wef pic.twitter.com/hUyGGKOJHs — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 23,…
Morten Fibieger Byskov, University of Warwick What can be done to limit global warming to 1.5°C? A quick internet search…
elRoce / shutterstock Keith Shine, University of Reading The world’s climate scientists have spoken: if we want to limit human-induced…
Little Missouri River, North Dakota. Justin Meissen, CC BY-SA Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland; Gene E. Likens, University of Connecticut; Michael…
Spawning sockeye salmon make their way up the Adams River near Chase, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward Andrea Jane Reid,…
Gillette’s ‘The best a man can be’ advertisement has dared to be different in how it speaks to its male…
Sunrise in the Salinas Valley, an agriculture hub of central California. Depleted aquifers have left once-valuable cropland useless. Shutterstock Grant Ferguson,…
Justice is not a concept that we read about in a book… Justice is about the water we drink, Justice…
Settler colonialism, white supremacy, and the ‘special relationship’ between the U.S. and Israel https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ Jewish Voice for Peace calls on…
For many of us, a better diet means cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50% and doubling the…
New research shows that the 2016 Brexit vote actually had a positive effect on European integration, boosting the EU’s popularity.…
To be updated with more results (scary already but also explanative if you follow American politics ) Among liberal and moderate…
Le Pont-Neuf et la Pompe de la Samaritaine, vue du quai de la Mégisserie, painting by Nicolas Raguenet (circa 1750-1760). Musée…
Swedish academic Hans Rosling in his book Factfulness has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced…
Jen Schradie, Sciences Po – USPC In less than a month, France’s gilets jaunes (yellow vests) have gone from being…
Responsibility as the obligation to repair damages. Les gilets jaunes Joan Mora. François-Xavier de Vaujany, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL…
“She’ll cut your head off, and you won’t even know you’re bleeding. That’s all you need to know about her,”…
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro after his swearing-in on Jan. 1, 2019, in the capital of Brasilia. AP Photo/Andre Penner Benjamin H.…
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” – it’s been two years with Individual Nr 1 in the White House. “We are…
A plastic waste dump. Mohameed Abdulraheem/shutterstock.com Liberty Vittert, Washington University in St Louis This year, I served on the judging…
”You are not mature enough to tell it like it is. Even that burden you leave to your children.” Here’s…
The Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2018 is organized by the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Nobel Peace Prize – Research and…
Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey The Westminster bubble has been gripped by Theresa May’s dilemma for weeks: committed to having…
Paris is burning. Yoan Valat/EPA Michael Mehling, University of Strathclyde The gilets jaunes movement, by its own description, is motivated…
“Nøkken” (The Nix) lures people into the water to drown. Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg’s message to COP24 in Katowice:…
John Brewer, Queen’s University Belfast Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their…
“He lies in WhatsApp”, reads a sign of presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro during a protest against Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo,…
