The Trump revolution: where it came from and where it’s going: Dancing Donald: Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, 2024. Shutterstock/Jonah Elkowitz As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, the world is preparing for the beginning of the second Trump Revolution. Trump’s second term will be very different from his first, when …
Stoicism on Tiktok promises happiness – but the ancient philosophers who came up with it had something very different in mind: Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and one of TikTok's favourite Stoics. Cris Foto/Shutterstock I don’t know about you, but my TikTok is full of influencers telling me I should be a Stoic. You …
How Thames Water came to be flooded with debt – and what it means for taxpayers: Filipchuk Maksym/Shutterstock Thames Water is reportedly on the brink of collapse. The UK’s largest water company, well known for its high levels of water leakage, sewage spills, executive pay and dividend payments, now appears to be flooded with debts …
The forgotten migrant ships that came before Windrush in 1947: Wind back the hours, the days and months, a year – and out of fog, Ormonde sails like a rumour, or a tale about how what’s too soon forgotten will rise again – light up, awaken engines, swing her bow through half a century, return …
Net migration: how an unreachable target came to shape Britain: 1000 Words/Shutterstock New data shows that the UK has hit a record high net migration number of 606,000. Through it has been central to 13 years of policy and rhetoric, net migration is, in fact, a pretty odd metric that tells us very little about …
Good Friday Agreement: how the US came to be a key broker in Northern Ireland’s peace deal: Between 1820 and 1920, four million people emigrated from Ireland to the US. Many were fleeing hunger and destitution and so brought with them an “exile” nationalism – a conviction that they were forced to leave by British …
Iraq 20 years on: death came from the skies on March 19 2003 – and the killing continues to this day: The mass killings of Iraqis started on the night of March 19 2003 with the US-led coalition’s “shock and awe” bombing of Baghdad. They called it “Operation Iraqi Freedom”. Millions around the world sat …
Prince Harry: early leaks came from a Spanish translation, causing confusion about what was really said: Eight days before Prince Harry’s memoir Spare hit shelves elsewhere, copies went on sale prematurely in Spain. Over the next few days the UK media, scrambled to acquire Spanish copies of the book, having been unable to get English …
Brazil insurrection: how so many Brazilians came to attack their own government: The storming of the three main symbols of the Brazilian republic – the supreme court, the national congress and the presidential palace – is the kind of event that could shape the country’s history. While Brazil has gone through military coups and social …
1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we’re losing sight of its importance: Javier Ballester/Shutterstock The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change was still taking shape, that warming of more than 2°C would “push global conditions past any point that any human civilisation …
US midterms: why gen Z and millennials came out to vote and why it marks a generational shift: An exceptionally high turnout of young voters swung key state battles in favour of the Democrats in the 2022 US midterms. It’s estimated that more than a quarter of registered voters aged between 18 and 29 years …
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Setting up the G5 Sahel: why an option that seemed unlikely came into being: A G5 Sahel meeting on Burkina Faso and Mali MINUSMA/Wikimedia Commons At first glance, the creation in 2014 of the G5 Sahel, an international organisation set up to deal with conflict management in the Sahel, seemed unlikely. Some analysts were already …
Ukraine: Putin’s vision of ‘Russian Ukraine’ misunderstands how borders came about: Map of the Soviet Union and its republics (1939) Alexander S. Grigorovich In Ukraine’s ongoing negotiations with Russia over its invasion, Vladimir Putin seems to be aiming at the very least to retain Crimea for Russia and ensure recognition for the Donetsk and Luhansk …
South Africa’s new chief justice: why the wheels came off the appointment process: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, speaker of South Africa's National Assembly, and lawyer Dali Mpofu at the interviews for the next chief justice. Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images via Getty Images) There has been an outpouring of critical comment about the interviews of candidates for appointment …
How an independent tribunal came to rule that China is guilty of genocide against the Uyghurs: After 18 months of deliberations and three hearings of evidence from witnesses and experts – including anthropologists, political scientists and international lawyers – the London-based Uyghur Tribunal has ruled that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is guilty of …
South Africa in the news: Prince Harry and Prince William’s event appearance came with warning recalls Melvin Odoom: MELVIN ODOOM recalled his first meeting of royals Prince William and Prince Harry during an appearance on Oti Mabuse’s podcast.: “South Africa” – BingNews Alun Wyn Jones relishing chance to face South Africa following injury recovery: Alun …
South Africa in the news: How African Union members came to share power despite themselves: The African Union (AU) held its first summit in 2002, establishing itself as a new international organisation. It also launched a new vision for African security cooperation. Nearly two decades later, …: “South Africa” – BingNews Fans, police clash as …