A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
A year on from the Hamas attacks and Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, new fronts of fighting are creating another ...
Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
The agreement labor leaders and management reached will suspend the strike until at least Jan. 15, 2025. There will be more ...
Odyssey by Stephen Fry – the tales of return from the Trojan war are charmingly retold but at an uncomfortable cost
In the final instalment in Fry’s Greek myth retellings that started with Mythos, the author presents a charming and witty ...
A year after Hamas attack, more continuity than change for the Palestinians and Israel
Before Oct. 7, 2023, the Middle East seemed relatively stable. The peace was broken by Hamas’ attack, Israel’s response and ...
The UK’s £22 billion bet on carbon capture will lock in fossil fuels for decades
The UK government has announced it will invest almost £22 billion in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects over the next ...
Freedom for Chagos islands: UK’s deal with Mauritius will be a win for all
The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...
Can China’s stimulus blitz fix its flagging economy?
Pan Gongsheng, the governor of China’s central bank, announced a raft of measures on September 24 aimed at boosting the ...
Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals – and there’s still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
There are four types of influenza virus: A, B, C and D. Influenza A is known to infect humans and other animals, including ...
Iran’s strike on Israel was retaliatory – but it was also about saving face and restoring deterrence
Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is looking for Tehran to respond in force as a commitment to regional network of proxies.
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy
Sending a nuclear fission reactor into space means lots of technical questions. One research group is coming up with models ...
Trees’ own beneficial microbiome could lead to discovery of new treatments to fight citrus greening disease
Citrus trees showing natural tolerance to citrus greening disease host bacteria that produce novel antimicrobials that can be ...
UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of a longstanding sovereignty dispute
The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to ...