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Ireland looks to update its arcane gambling laws
Despite being one of the world’s biggest gambling nations, Irish gaming laws have barely been updated since the 1950s and are not fit for purpose in regulating the rapidly growing industry of online...
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US-Iran tensions: no route for de-escalation in sight
Washington and Tehran are locked in a political, economic, and propagandist confrontation – and there is no apparent way out. One route to de-escalation could be direct talks between the US and Iran,...
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Africa’s Cup of Nations final reflected dynamism of Algeria and Senegal
Last week’s final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between Senegal and Algeria may have seen the Algerian side emerge victorious, but beyond the pitch, the match happened to feature two countries home...
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Tobacco companies must pay more to cover the public health costs of their...
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) lays bare the steep cost we collectively pay for tobacco. According to the WHO’s newest findings on the global epidemic, tobacco kills over eight...
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US: 29 dead in two mass shootings within 24 hours
As many as 29 people have been killed and dozens more injured in mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. El Paso, Texas In El Paso, Texas, Police Chief Greg Allen said said the first reports of an active...
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India’s colossal blunder in Kashmir
In a stunningly dangerous, undemocratic and secretive move, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government repealed Articles 370 and 35a of the Indian Constitution using a presidential order....
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Africa reaches poverty breakout velocity, but it is not good news everywhere
Africa has finally reached breakout velocity in its fight against poverty, with more Africans are now escaping extreme poverty than are being born below the poverty line for the first time in history....
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Paris knife attack: Four killed by employee at police headquarters
Four police staff have been killed by a coworker in a knife attack at police headquarters in the centre of Paris. The attacker is reported to have entered his office building located on the île de la...
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Five things every government needs to do right now to tackle the climate...
If targets were enough to beat the climate crisis, we would have cause for celebration. The UK, Norway, Sweden and France have written a target of net-zero emissions into law, and 15 others are...
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What Donald Trump’s decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria means for...
In a move likely to further destabilise the situation in Syria and the Middle East, Donald Trump appeared to give Turkey the green light on October 6 for a military operation into northern Syria. The...
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Brexit: here’s what happens next
Anyone imagining that the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on January 31 might mean things will go quiet on the Brexit front, they are likely to be disappointed. It looks like 2020 will be just...
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US election 2020: Biden’s resurrection was unprecedented – and well-timed
The dominant question going into Super Tuesday was: Did Joe Biden’s sweeping victory in South Carolina come just in time, or was it too late? The answer is now clear. Biden all-but-swept Super Tuesday...
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Myanmar: Rohingya persecution and refugee crisis persists
Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya ethnic group is a deeply distressing injustice. A Muslim minority in a majority Buddhist country, they are perceived as ‘illegal immigrants from Bangladesh’ by the...
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Coronavirus one year on: two countries that got it right, and three that got...
On March 11 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 public health emergency had become a pandemic: 114 countries were affected, there were 121,500 confirmed cases and more than...
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Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed a pullout of troops from Afghanistan, providing...
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