As Netanyahu meets Trump in Washington, what hope for peace in Gaza? Expert Q&A: The US government “remains upbeat” about the prospects for at least a ceasefire in Gaza, according to the latest reports from Washington, where the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been meeting the US president, Donald Trump. Netanyahu handed the US …
Trump mineral deal with Ukraine offers hope but little in the way of security: If you want to get an idea of how Donald Trump’s mind works (and this can change from day to day, as we know), it’s worth taking a look at his TruthSocial website. As I write, beneath a video pinned to …
Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart: This article was first published as World Affairs Briefing from The Conversation UK. Click here to receive this newsletter every Thursday, direct to your inbox. Waiting for news this week of whether a ceasefire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government must …
Syrians are torn between fear and hope as the frontlines rapidly shift: The lightning-fast capture, by Syrian rebels, of large swaths of northern Syria, including the war-torn country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, and the strategically important city of Hama further south, is a body blow for the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The rebels are now pushing …
The Last of Us and redemption: finding hope, light and God in the apocalyptic darkness: With a catastrophic fungal pandemic creating the “infected”, a post-apocalypse breakdown of society, and a moral quest amidst humans hunting humans, PlayStation game and HBO TV phenomenon The Last of Us has exhilarated and terrified millions of gamers and viewers. …
Reality TV in the UK is almost dead – why The Traitors offers a last glimmer of hope: The explosion of reality TV onto our television screens at the end of the last millennium is one of the major global phenomena in recent media history. Purporting to show people in unscripted, “real life” situations, this …
Hope brings happiness, builds grit and gives life meaning. Here’s how to cultivate it: What is hope? In its simplest form, hope is about the future. There are three necessary elements to hope: having a desire or a wish for something that is valuable, and the belief that it is possible to attain this wish, …
Gaza: what aid agencies can hope to achieve under the strict limits of the four-day humanitarian pause: The four-day humanitarian pause in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip will be vital to allow humanitarian agencies into the stricken Palestinian enclave with much-needed supplies of food, water, fuel and medicine. But four days is a very …
Offshore wind: a perfect storm of inflation and policy uncertainty risks derailing the UK’s main hope for a low-carbon future: pauljrobinson/Shutterstock In what many have deemed a disaster, the UK government’s latest auction for renewable power – an annual attempt to incentivise private sector investment in a range of power sources – has failed to …
Somalia’s voice of hope: a tribute to Axmed Naaji, legendary singer and trailblazing composer: Somalis are natural-born critics, yet for over six decades Axmed Naaji Sacad (Ahmed Naji Sa’ad) was almost unanimously revered. A household name in urban Somalia, the popular singer and poet has passed away at the age of 84 in London. Venerated …
Byelection losses are terrible for the Conservatives – but there are glimmers of hope: It says much of the Conservatives’ current plight that a win of just 495 votes is being hailed with relief inside the party. The Conservatives narrowly avoided a total wipeout in the July 20 trio of byelections, successfully defending Boris Johnson’s former …
A brief history of British lidos – and new hope for their return to glory: Vivacity Lido in Peterborough. Clare Louise Jackson/Shutterstock The oldest outdoor swimming pool in the UK – the Grade II listed Cleveland Pools in Bath which first opened in 1815 – will reopen during the summer of 2023, after significant restoration. …
Hope is on the horizon for a malaria-free Africa: A factory producing insecticidal bed nets in Arusha, Tanzania. Photo by Charles Ommanney/Getty Images Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by malaria. The region accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria cases. The disease kills an African child every 60 seconds. These figures are alarming. But malaria …
Climate doomism is bad storytelling – hope is much more effective at triggering action: IrDesign90/Shutterstock When news about the climate is published, like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, frightening headlines like “final warning” or “now or never” are often the norm. Some activists call this approach “climate doomism”, and are quick to …
Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised to “renew hope” for Nigeria – 5 ways he can achieve this: Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria has been formally won – and lost. By mid-week Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, had been declared the winner of the keenly contested presidential …
Why Biden is the Democrats best hope of winning the 2024 election: The 2024 US presidential election race is already under way. In recent polls, President Joe Biden is the clear favourite among Democrats for the 2024 nomination. No one else comes close, with Vice-President Kamala Harris a distant second, some twenty points behind. Biden …
Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: how the common law court offers a ray of hope: A lawyer in front of a Yaounde court Reinnier Kaze/AFP via Getty Images Six years on, the crisis in the Anglophone (English-speaking) regions of Cameroon continues. Recent reports indicate that over 6,000 people have been killed. A further 600,000 have been internally …
East African troops hope to bring peace in the DRC but there may be stumbling blocks: Kenyan troops fly the flags of the East African Community and Kenya in Goma, eastern DRC. Augustin Wamenya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The East African Community decided to deploy troops in one of its member states for the first …