Giorno: 4 Novembre 2022

Living in this skin is the best study in human behaviour

Read More Being black is exhausting. This is something few of us want to admit because of the labels that may come with that admission, but I’m here to free us all by telling the truth nobody wants to own up to. Being black is exhausting. So exhausting. The constant gaslighting and prejudice makes the […]

ENO to relocate as arts funding is diverted away from London

Read More The English National Opera, one of the country’s cultural flagships, is to relocate outside London. It announced the move as the main funding body for the arts in England unveiled a new three-year settlement diverting cash away from the capital. The opera house will be given a grant of ?17m by Arts Council […]

Home Office contractors removed for trying to sell drugs at Manston asylum centre

Read More Home Office contractors have been disciplined after trying to sell illegal drugs to asylum seekers at the crisis-hit processing centre at Manston in Kent. It is understood the issue came to light after asylum seekers at the site in Ramsgate complained that security staff had tried to sell them cannabis. Security guards also […]

China’s Xi urges Ukraine peace talks with Germany’s Scholz

In a much-scrutinized meeting Friday with visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and warned against the conflict going nuclear. The German leader is in Beijing for a one-day visit that has drawn criticism over China’s tacit support for Russia, lingering controversies over economic ties […]

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Khan stable after shooting

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in a stable condition after being shot and wounded during a protest march, a senior leader from his party said Friday. Khan’s protest march and rallies were peaceful until Thursday afternoon’s attack, raising concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a country with a history of political violence […]

South Korea scrambles jets as North Korea launches 180 flights on border

South Korea scrambled its jets on Friday after North Korea launched some 180 flights near the shared Military Demarcation Line dividing the two nations. North Korean military forces were detected flying just north of the tactical line, also known as the Armistice Line, which was established in 1953 and formally ended the Korean War, first […]

COP27 explained by experts: What is it and why should you care?

Read More COP27 is the 27th Conference of the Parties (countries) that signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The convention was established at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and has been ratified by 198 countries. They agreed to stabilise the production of greenhouse gases in order to prevent dangerous […]

One Book, Two Takes: It’s a Continent

Read More The book It’s a Continent: Unravelling Africa’s History One Country at a Time is the debut of “non-historians” Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata. With their note at the beginning telling readers “this isn’t a classic history book, nor is it a textbook”, the writers circumvent some of the conventions associated with the subject. […]

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Read More Averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development is a key issue for African countries. Energy production and use is the single biggest contributor to global warming, accounting for roughly two-thirds of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, electricity use and access are strongly correlated with economic development. Many African countries are […]