Mon 09 September 2024: The consequences of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood for Israel and its economy are ongoing, and the confidence in security and the sense of superiority that disappeared on the morning of 7 October will probably take years to return, if they ever do. The supposed infallibility of the Israeli security services was exposed […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: New Zealanders are seeking opportunity overseas at unprecedented rates amid disillusionment over house prices and jobs. Wellington, New Zealand – When Jessica Chong started sending out invitations for a recent party to celebrate her and her partner’s birthdays in Auckland, New Zealand, she realised that few of their closest friends would be […]
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Sun 08 September 2024: Pakistan has invited Indian PM Narendra Modi to he upcoming SCO summit in Islamabad. Modi is unlikely to attend. What would that mean for the grouping? Islamabad, Pakistan – The invitations have all gone out. But when Pakistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit next month, there’s one guest above all […]
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Sat 07 September 2024: A recent report showed UK’s teenagers have grown dissatisfied with life. It calls for economic and educational reforms. Children and young people in the United Kingdom are unhappier and have lower life satisfaction compared with others in their age group in the rest of Europe, a report published by a British […]
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Fri 06 September 2024: As the West shuns the Taliban government in Kabul, countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have increased economic and political cooperation with Afghanistan. News published in the Afghan press in recent weeks suggests that some Central Asian countries have taken significant steps towards recognising the Taliban administration in Afghanistan. According to […]
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Sun 01 September 2024: Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall, and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories. Our memory helps us learn from experiences and develop new knowledge by integrating and updating information. This process goes beyond recalling […]
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Sat 31 August 2024: The past decade and a half has seen upheaval across the globe. The 2008 financial crisis and its fallout, the COVID-19 pandemic and major regional conflicts in Sudan, the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere have left residual uncertainty. Added to this is a tense, growing rivalry between the U.S. and its perceived opponents, particularly China. In response to these jarring […]
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Mon 26 August 2024: There is no sane person on earth who does not believe that Israel is committing war crimes against the Palestinians, and there is no one who has an iota of faith that Netanyahu is the greatest war criminal in history for the killing and bloodshed he committed – and is still […]
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Sham Supermarket on Donegall Road, a Muslim business that was targeted twice during rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 11, 2024 [Photo: Facebook] Tue 20 August 2024: Several businesses were targeted in a wave of unrest that unleashed violent racism onto British streets. As rioters went on the attack in dozens of British towns and cities […]
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An aerial view of a township and wealthy suburb in South Africa. fivepointsix/GettyImages Fri 16 August 2024: South Africa has exceptionally high levels of inequality. As someone who studies issues of inequality and sustainability, I have argued before that South Africa’s income inequality is the highest of all countries that have data on this. This means that the gap between […]
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