Ukraine war: how Russian denial of civilian casualties follows tactics used in Syria: US president Joe Biden has labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the way the war in Ukraine is being carried out. Experts collating the numbers of casualties in Ukraine report that Russia is failing to acknowledge it has killed …
Environmental regulations likely to be first casualties in post-pandemic recovery: Jaromir Chalabala/Shutterstock With cleaner air, nature returning to urban areas and less poaching, it seems that, at least for the time being, the pandemic has eased the human footprint on nature. But what happens to the natural world when lockdowns lift and the pandemic peters …
‘Our casualties not heavy’: how British press covered the Battle of the Somme: Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks John Warwick Brooke/Imperial War Museum, CC BY-SA The battle of the Somme, which began on July 1, 1916, was the most brutal encounter of World War I, characterised by loss of life and attritional trench …