Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia affect communities as far as 900km away – aid agencies need to take note: A soldier stands guard at a makeshift camp in Somalia's Baidoa, a southwestern town frequently attacked by Al-Shabaab militants. Shutterstock Policymakers tend to assume that the effects of conflict are felt only where violence occurs. As a …
January 6 US Capitol attack: deep state conspiracies haven’t gone away: Two years after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol building, the conspiracy theories about a malign group controlling the country have not gone away. This continues to corrode US democracy, fuelling stark polarisation that is deepening distrust and political violence. Many in …
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Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development: NIF's target chamber, where a powerful laser is used to start nuclear fusion reactions Photo by Jason Laurea/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), CC BY-NC-SA Nuclear fusion holds huge promise as a source of clean, abundant energy that could power …
Why do so many men get away with rape? Police officers, survivors, lawyers and prosecutors on the scandal that shames the justice system: Today in England and Wales, an estimated 300 women will be raped. About 170 of those cases will be reported to the police. But only three are likely to make it to …
Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here’s the evidence: Just Stop Oil handout / EPA, CC BY-NC Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery in London. The action once again triggered debate about what kinds of …
Ukraine war: why the world can’t afford to let Russia get away with its land grab – lessons from history: Much of the international community has condemned Russia’s annexation of four provinces of Ukraine as illegal. Joe Biden accused Vladmir Putin of a “fraudulent attempt” to claim Ukrainian territory and said the move was “trampling …
Monkeypox case numbers are falling, but that doesn’t mean it’s going away anytime soon: Vaccinating at-risk groups is just one of the public health strategies many countries are using. Ground Picture/ Shutterstock The global outbreak of monkeypox has been going on for nearly five months now. In that time, over 60,000 people have been infected …
Frank Drake has passed away but his equation for alien intelligence is more important than ever: The spiral galaxy M74 imaged by the NASA/ESA JWST. ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team., CC BY-NC-ND How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank …
Drought: five ways to stop heavy rains washing away parched soil: Sup10mah/Shutterstock When William Blake described England’s “green and pleasant land” in his poem Jerusalem, he was actually writing during a prolonged drought. Two centuries later, much of Europe is withering under successive heatwaves amid one of the most extreme droughts ever recorded. The latest …
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How Nairobi police failures let people get away with murder: A protest against police brutality outside parliament buildings in Nairobi. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images At least one person gets killed every two days in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Most of these cases either go unreported or are never resolved. Only 94 murder cases were …
Hello Commander: new pop song aims to steer Iranian youth away from the temptations of American culture: Give me the child: Iranian children on their first day at kindergarten. Sonia Sevilla via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The Tehran Times recently hailed what it referred to as: “A new epic song themed with generational support for …
Sustainable investment: want a green place to start putting your money away? Here’s what you need to know: Socially responsible investing is becoming more popular. Shutterstock Supposedly sustainable investment funds make a staggering list of promises, including higher returns, lower risk, combatting climate change and even supporting diversity. And many believe them: investments in ESG …
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