Any planned US annexation of Greenland would give America almost total control over an increasingly vital trading route. The US government’s recent abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has drawn widespread condemnation from those who see it as a breach of international law. These events have been followed particularly closely by the people of Greenland,… Continue reading Trump, Greenland and the Polar Silk Road
“But man is not made for defeat” says the eponymous old man in 20th century American novelist Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’, “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” While this is one of the most famous quotes of an author revered around the world over 100 years after the publication of some of… Continue reading What would Ernest Hemingway make of the ‘Manosphere’?
Silvia Park’s debut novel looks like a cautionary tale about ai, but at its core is inherently human. I was initially very surprised to learn that Korean author Silvia Park’s debut novel Luminous was initially intended to be a children’s book. Most children’s books do not feature intimate scenes between police officers and robots in… Continue reading Luminous — an accidentally timely tale
The government must choose whether to renew its contribution to fighting disease abroad. The UK is set to co-host the Global Fund to Fight AIDs Tuberculosis and Malaria’s 8th replenishment summit in Johannesburg on November 21st. The purpose of the summit is for the UK, along with the fund’s other member states and private supporters,… Continue reading UK Urged to Show “Leadership” Over Global Health Funding
The upcoming budget will set out the government’s economic agenda for the next year and could end one of its longest running headaches. Newly elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, MP Lucy Powell has called for the removal of the two-child benefit cap, which prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit on their third or subsequent… Continue reading The Two-Child Cap: Labour’s Defining Decision?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest bulletin on the number of people over the age of 90, living in the UK. This data shows hat the total number of over 90-year-olds in the UK in 2024 reached over 625,000, over one and a half times what was 20 years earlier. The total has risen in 15 of the last 16… Continue reading Britain’s Aging Population
