Hopes of a ceasefire have ebbed, concerns about an assault on Rafah endure, and aid remains wholly insufficientThe Middle East is “on the precipice” and “one miscalculation, one miscommunication, one mistake, could lead to the unthinkable,” the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, warned on Thursday. Israel has vowed to retaliate to Iran’s weekend barrage of missiles and drones – itself a response to Israel’s killing of two generals at an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus. It is hard to...
Old habits die hard. When things go wrong in this country (as they do with monotonous regularity these days), it is still the default position of diehard Remainers to blame Brexit for all our ills.
Graham Potter has been out of work since his sacking by Chelsea in April 2023. The ex-Brighton boss held talks with the struggling Dutch club earlier this month. Phil Foden reveals what it's REALLY like to play for Pep Guardiola in an It's All Kicking Off special. Listen on
She might sing “Eat Your Man,” but this time, she ate the stage.
Shafaqna Pakistan | by Kamal Khalid, Pakistan has reached a critical juncture in its debt cycle, where the fiscal strain is reverberating across various sectors, leading to a downturn in key indicators such as poverty, unemployment, and social discontent. The recent plunge to the bottom of the UN Human Development
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A 4-pronged strategy can turn the tide of species extinction.
In a global context where tropical rainforests play a critical role in biodiversity conservation and climate regulation, these ecosystems are severely threatened by expanding agribusiness and logging activities. This poses significant risks to the environment, wildlife, and communities dependent on rainforests. Against the backdrop of escalating climate change impacts, urgent action is needed to prevent the collapse More
What will it take to end the nuclear nightmare that has gripped the world since the atomic bombings of 1945? For a time, that nightmare seemed to have abated for, in response to massive popular resistance to the prospect of nuclear war, governments turned to signing nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements. Even previously hawkish More
Prosecuting lawyers say they have been struggling for years with IT problems that leave them unable to prepare cases properly or file requests for court orders. A message on the public prosecution service’s intranet, seen by NRC, acknowledged there were longstanding problems with the performance of its digital services. The service said there were “concerns about the effect of these disruptions in the IT service on colleagues’ workload.” It added: “The problems are also affecting the...
An estimated 23 million people are displaced annually by extreme climate events. As Christians, creation care is an essential part of our response.
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