The International
By Joseph Eyre At the beginning of July, first minister Nicola Sturgeon and prime minister Boris Johnson engaged in a very public disagreement over whether or not there is a border between Scotland and England. Trivial though it may seem, this is just one of the many issues resulting from an increasingly disunited Union built […]
In this series of articles, our foreign affairs editor Colin McGinness provides a concise roundup of the biggest geopolitical events from the past month. Asia In an escalation of already rising tensions between the two nations, China has ordered that the American consulate in Chengdu be closed down. This is largely considered a retaliation for […]
By Katie Dominy According to the UN, there are approximately 24 million Yemenis currently in need of help. Conflict and destruction have displaced around 4 million people, and an estimated 100,000 people have been killed over the course of the past five years. Internationally, we hear the term ‘humanitarian crisis’ ascribed to Yemen – and […]
By Loui Marchant Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights groups were warning of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in refugee camps on the Aegean islands. For much of the past decade, the Greek territory has been at the epicentre of the ongoing European refugee crisis. At the close of 2019, a series of horrifying reports […]
By Jude Holmes In a world consumed with the daily threat of infection rates and the hunt for disease control solutions, technology has come in to save the day. Drones delivered supplies to Scottish Isles, around half of all NHS medical appointments took place by phone (compared to 14% pre-lockdown), and over 750,000 people signed […]
By Adam Bennett It can take a lifetime to build, and a second to break. No matter where you are in the world, the news media appears to have committed sins that broke the bonds of trust with readers some time ago. Last month, Reuters released a report into digital news which makes for sobering […]
In this series of articles, our foreign affairs editor Colin McGinness provides a concise roundup of the biggest geopolitical events from the past month. Asia The simmering border tensions between India and China boiled over this month into an international incident. While the details remain unclear, twenty Indian soldiers have been killed during conflicts with […]
This report was compiled by Joseph Eyre. You can find Joseph on Twitter here. “I call it the super-duper missile,” bragged Trump in May at a White House ceremony for the unveiling of the United States Space Force’s new flag. As Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman has confirmed, Trump was referring to a hypersonic missile currently […]
The International’s foreign affairs editor Colin McGinness takes a look at the movement which is rapidly gaining ground in the US. Following a string of high-profile instants of blatant police brutality, cities and towns across the United States have seen some of the largest protests in a generation. The Black Lives Matter movement has been […]
By Sophie Nepali Sitting uncomfortably between the titans of India and China, it’s easy to see why Nepal has earned the unofficial nickname of ‘the yam between two boulders’. As a result of the geographical reality handed to it, Nepal must delicately balance itself to uphold diplomacy between both countries. Therefore Nepal’s geographical positioning, which […]