World

There have been many political slogans over the years, but few have proved more potent than ‘take back control’. In a globalised world, with power increasingly siphoned away from ordinary…

Since the 1980s, Brazil has been fighting a dangerous epidemic called dengue fever, a disease caused by a virus and transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. Every year Brazilian authorities make great efforts…

If 2020 has taught us anything concrete, it is to expect the unexpected. We must be vigilant and prepared for the tumultuous times in which we live.  You would not…

As has no doubt been drilled into all of our minds by this time, thanks to endless round robin emails and articles in the press, 2020 has been a year…

At the peak of darkness this year, on December 21, there shone a light visible around the world, for people of all faiths and nations. The two largest planets in…

On December 1, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted that he had spoken to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and had discussed “developments in Iran and EU-Iran relations.”…

Last month, former UK Business Secretary Vince Cable received some well-deserved flack for the alarming views expressed in his upcoming book on China. During a London School of Economics event,…

The pandemic crisis is still hitting the headlines. At the moment, the situation seems to be generally stabilising, with few spikes in terms of new cases and death tolls. At…

Artificial intelligence (AI) also known as machine intelligence (MI) is when intellect is displayed by a computer system (or machine), in contrast with the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals. Recent advances in artificial…

The US faced the huge challenge of conducting elections during the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, and the whole world was watching the world’s foremost democracy. The challenge the US democratic institutions…