Gold fraud: the Goldenberg scam that cost Kenya billions of dollars in the 1990s – and no one was jailed: Shutterstock The Goldenberg scandal in the early 1990s is Kenya’s largest documented gold fraud. The scheme involved Goldenberg International Limited, which pretended to export gold and diamonds, and in exchange received substantial subsidies from the …
Good Friday Agreement: the early 1990s back-channel between the IRA and British government that made peace possible: In February 1990, in the midst of the Troubles, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness publicly invited the British government to reopen a back-channel used during previous phases of contact with the IRA in the 1970s and during the 1981 …
Cuba: why record numbers of people are leaving as the most severe economic crisis since the 1990s hits — a photo essay: Record numbers of Cubans are fleeing their country as the island suffers its worst socio-economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The number of Cubans seeking entry to the US, mostly …
Nadhim Zahawi sacked: today’s Tory scandals are similar to 1990s sleaze stories in more than one way: The 1990s are everywhere right now. From the fashion trends making a comeback in 2023 (I’m told), to the hotly anticipated return of the flashback mystery-box thriller Yellowjackets, it’s starting to feel like the millennium never happened. And …
Titanic at 25: how James Cameron captured 1990s anxieties with pure golden-age Hollywood style: James Cameron poses during a promotional event for Titanic 3D. Franck Robichon Titanic (1997) arrived as disaster films were experiencing a comeback. Compared to the apocalypses visited on the world in Michael Bay’s Armageddon (1997) or Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996), …
Sleaze: why Boris Johnson is being reminded of the lurid scandals of 1990s Britain: Alamy/PA The “Teflon premier” has finally encountered something that may stick: the revival of a word first heard the last time a British Conservative government entered its second decade – but with a twist that’s very much of the age of …
Generation X: its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s: Abacus Andy, Dag and Claire are in their twenties. Dissatisfied with society’s structures and expectations, they move to the Californian desert looking for new beginnings and more meaningful lives. To survive, the three get McJobs – “low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, …
The wild decade: how the 1990s laid the foundations for Vladimir Putin’s Russia: By securing victory in a national vote on constitutional changes, Vladimir Putin could now remain president of Russia until 2036 if he chooses to stand again. After 20 years in power, the narrative of Russia’s chaotic 1990s remains core to Putin’s legitimacy …
Global poverty: coronavirus could drive it up for the first time since the 1990s: As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of new cases detected each day are now in developing countries. And as the pandemic spreads, governments face juggling the health consequences with economic …
Hip Hop Culture Series: 107 – Hip Hop in the 1990s – a Culture interest event taking place on 2017-04-13 15:00:00 in United States Today's Topic: Hip Hop in the 1990s Do you know that hip-hop is actually not a type of music, but a culture that encompasses four artistic elements: rap music, DJing, graffiti, …