Russia, China creating world of ‘danger, disorder, division’: UK
UK’s updated defence and foreign policy paper highlights ‘threats’ posed by Russia and China to global stability. The United Kingdom views China as representing an “epoch-defining...
Why I’m striking: A nurse on the picket lines in the UK
A nurse reflects on what it means to be overworked and underpaid in a profession that provides life-saving care. Truro, United Kingdom – When Lisa Jeffery...
Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail and is a financial crisis next?
Economists see Lehman Brothers-style crisis as unlikely despite jitters following collapse of California-based lender. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sent shockwaves through financial...
Israel was built on burned Palestinian villages
What happened in Huwara was neither new nor out of the ordinary. Earlier this month, Israeli settlers set ablaze the Palestinian town of Huwara, near...
Police use of rubber bullets maiming thousands globally: Amnesty
Rights group says a global Torture-Free Trade treaty is urgently needed to regulate the trade in policing equipment. Police misuse of rubber bullets and other...
Lebanon’s currency value plunges to 100,000 against US dollar
The value of the Lebanese pound on the parallel market is at a historic low as the country’s economic crisis continues. The Lebanese pound has...
Analysis: Iran eases its regional isolation with Saudi deal
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations last week, but Tehran is likely to keep its foreign policy pillars. Since becoming Iran’s president,...
Turkey earthquake: UK team to assess building damage
Structural and civil engineers from the UK have travelled to Turkey to help to investigate the damage caused by last month's powerful earthquake. They are...
Silicon Valley Bank: Shares fall as fears persist about failed US bank
Stock markets in Europe fell on Monday as investors remained spooked by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), despite efforts to limit the fallout....
Dick Fosbury: The athlete who developed the ‘Fosbury Flop’ dies aged 76
Dick Fosbury - the man who revolutionised the high jump in athletics - has died at the age of 76. The American leapt backwards over...