The International
In this series of articles, The International explores the ways in which Covid-19 has changed the course of our planet’s history. In this first piece, our editor-in-chief Adam Bennett examines how the debate around inequality, a defining issue of the 21st century so far, has been reshaped by the pandemic. “My savings were non-existent, and […]
After four months of successful social distancing and lockdown measures, Hong Kong has been an outlier in responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. With a sense of palpable optimism, the city has begun to reopen its schools and begin the process of returning to some sense of normality. However, for Hong Kong, ‘normality’ is likely to […]
By Katie Dominy, Middle East correspondent for The International In times of uncertainty, countless millions across the world turn to their religious or spiritual beliefs to find solace. And so it should come as no surprise that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the birthplace of the world’s three major monotheistic religions, is no […]
This report was compiled by Joseph Eyre. You can find Joseph on Twitter here. For Houston Chronicle reporter Mike Glenn, it seemed an ordinary enough assignment. On a bright summer morning in 2016, the journalist headed to his city’s Islamic Da’wah Center to cover a protest organised by a Facebook group named ‘The Heart of […]
Quarantine, it transpires, is fertile ground for conspiracy theories. With flights grounded and social media in overdrive, reliable information is perhaps more scarce than ever before. Many popular fake news stories appearing on social media feeds in the developed world focus on comparisons with other countries. “Why are we trapped inside”, one viral post begins, […]
Conventional wisdom tells us that most of the time, the average new year’s resolution will never make it into February. Given that the most popular resolution across the Western world last year was to eat less meat, logic would suggest that the carnivorous population would be fully restored as we head into March. But it […]
If 2016 will be remembered for its shocking elections and poll-defying referendums, 2019 may come to be remembered as a year of street protests. Across the globe, in far-flung countries with seemingly disparate catalysts mass movements have created plenty of trouble for those in power. As the movements are unconnected and far-removed from each other, […]
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, public debate about issues of a sexual nature is not common. Even less common is to hear public accounts of sexual violence or abuse. This is why a social movement in Tunisia has sparked a new wave of testimony and solidarity amongst thousands of Tunisian citizens. […]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Almost to this day four years ago, Hong Kong’s police were dragging away the last protesters and tearing down the final remnants of what became known as the Umbrella Movement. The mass protests calling for democracy, symbolised by a yellow umbrella, spontaneously erupted […]
In a scene more apt for the hit British drama ‘Bodyguard’ than for a federal election, the right-wing frontrunner of the upcoming Brazilian presidential race was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in the stomach at a rally in the town of Juiz de Forza. Despite spending a significant portion of the campaign in a […]