Politics

Shamima Begum‘s hopes of returning to the UK from her detention camp in northeast Syria have been dashed again, said Haroon Siddique in The Guardian.  Last week, three Court of Appeal judges ruled unanimously that Sajid Javid, as home secretary …

A year ago, women led historic protests against Iran’s Islamist government. The spark for that uprising? The death of Masha Amini, a young woman who had been detained by the Iranian morality police after being arrested for improperly wearing her …

‘Mitch McConnell: Hero or villain?’ Geoffrey Kamaservice in Politico Sen. Mitch McConnell’s retirement as Republican leader ends “a decades-long reign of highly effective legislative leadership,” says Geoffrey Kamaservice. But future historians are likely to see him as someone who began …

A US Supreme Court decision means that a federal criminal trial over Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat could be delayed until after the 2024 presidential election. The Supreme Court agreed this week to consider the former president’s …

What happened? At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 700 wounded Thursday when a hungry crowd near Gaza City rushed a convoy of aid trucks and Israeli troops opened fire. Who said what? “We didn’t open fire on …

What happened? Alabama’s House and Senate passed similar bills Thursday to legally shield doctors, clinics and hospitals offering in vitro fertilization treatment, after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same rights as children. The ruling effectively …

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What happened? The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.2% last quarter, the sixth straight quarter of growth. “When you poke your head up and look around the world, that’s pretty good,” Marketplace said. And one “big reason” …

Voting is under way in Iran as the nation heads to the polls for the first time since anti-government protests shook the country in 2022. Friday’s election is seen as a “crucial test of legitimacy and national support for Iran’s …

With a history dating back to the 1700s, geishas are one of Japan’s most enduring cultural images. But this has increasingly made them a tourist attraction, and the “throngs” of visitors who are try to snap photos of them in …

Several members of Soft Ground Wrestling showcase their skills during a training session in Mukono, Uganda (Image credit: Badru Katumba / Getty Images) Firefighters inspect a burned residential building in Valencia, Spain (Image credit: Alberto Saiz / AP) Mexico’s Totonac …

March comes in like a lion with this month’s television releases, including a glossy HBO miniseries, a buzzy Netflix sci-fi based on a popular book series, and the return of several old favorites. “Grey’s Anatomy” is in its twentieth season, …

Air pollution is considered by some to be the “greatest external threat” to life expectancy, and pollution levels only continue to increase as climate change worsens. While breathing in particulates can be bad for the heart and lungs, studies have …

The rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at the start of 2024 was supposed to make the process of securing federal financial aid easier. Instead, the update has unleashed chaos and left many students and …

In an era of influencers and personal brands built on social media, it’s more possible than ever to achieve online fame. While platforms like Instagram do not technically allow children under 13 to have their own accounts, some parents help …

John Singer Sargent was an artist who “clearly loved clothes”, said Francesca Peacock in Prospect. His world “was one of lavish haute couture and costumed dress”: an in-demand painter of society portraits, Sargent (1856-1925) specialised in likenesses “of society beauties …

Nigeria is experiencing its worst economic crisis in almost 30 years, with widespread unrest and anger over soaring prices and stagnant wages. Annual inflation is “nearing 30%” and the currency is “in freefall”, said CNBC, prompting “protests across the country …

A killing on the campus of the University of Georgia has sparked outrage across the country, reigniting a firestorm about immigration policy in the United States. Last week, the body of Lakan Riley, a junior at Augusta University College of …

This week, after months of speculation about — and in some cases denigration of — her tenure as leader of the Republican National Committee, longtime party chair Ronna McDaniel announced she would step down from the role she’s held since …

“The challenge when making a documentary about conjoined twins is acknowledging the reality of the life-shortening condition without resorting to fake positivity – or, worse yet, piling on the misery,” said Ed Power in The Daily Telegraph. This “refreshingly humane …

“When did ‘facts’ become subjective?” roars Matt Smith, as his character, Thomas Stockmann, reaches breaking point. The line “could have been written yesterday”, said Sarah Hemming in the FT. In fact, Henrik Ibsen’s great political drama dates from 1882, “long …

What happened? “The four-day workweek is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving,” NPR News said Wednesday. In a new study of 61 British companies that began a six-month trial of the four-day workweek in 2022, 54 companies …

‘The case for the U.S. to stop babying Europe on national security’ Daniel R. DePetris at National Review Since World War II, the U.S. “defense guarantee” has allowed European allies to focus largely on domestic matters, says Daniel R. DePetris. …

“Just over 100 years ago, the genteel Sussex town of Littlehampton was rocked to its core” by a barrage of “obscene letters sent anonymously to respectable townsfolk”, said Brian Viner in the Daily Mail. “You’re a sad, stinky bitch,” declared …

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What happened? The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider former President Donald Trump’s argument that he has total legal immunity for any alleged crimes committed in office. That decision delays the federal criminal trial on Trump’s efforts to overturn his …

What happened? Texas executed Ivan Cantu on Wednesday, rejecting calls for a rehearing amid recanted testimony and allegations of suppressed exculpatory evidence. Cantu, 50, maintained he was innocent in the 2000 murder of his cousin James Mosqueda and Mosqueda’s fiancée, …

Each person and animal has a unique microbiome, the individual microbial ecosystem of the body. It can affect our health and immunity. Scientists are now exploring the idea that the microbiome may be social, and interacting with multiple microbiomes can …

The advent of AI is bringing about seismic changes in the world of adult entertainment, sparking a host of legal and ethical questions. Since the advent of the internet in the 1990s, “adult entertainment has been overtaken by two business …

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce his second Budget in the House of Commons next Wednesday in what is likely to be his last fiscal update before the next general election. The looming national vote makes the chancellor’s decisions even more …

It’s March already, which means we’re almost a quarter of the way through this year’s book releases. (Where does the time go?) If you’re prepping your spring reading list, consider bringing these March releases along to enjoy the warming weather. …