Wes Streeting is vocally opposed to the bill. Flickr/UK Parliament, CC BY-NC-SA Daniel Gover, Queen Mary University of London One of the most talked-about and contentious pieces of legislation in Westminster is…
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Researchers claim Tutankhamun’s burial mask may have originally been made for a woman – but there is reason to doubt
Tutankhamun’s gold burial mask. Roland Unger, CC BY-SA Claire Isabella Gilmour, University of Bristol Since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100 years ago,…
The war in Ukraine has just edged up another notch
Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University The war in Ukraine has just edged up another notch. It has not been going well for Ukraine in recent months, and this week Joe Biden’s administration…
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have apparently become great friends
James Hayton, University of Warwick Donald Trump and Elon Musk have apparently become great friends over recent months. Musk poured millions of dollars into Trump’s successful election campaign, and has been a…
COVID caused cancer tumours to shrink in mice – new study
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University A fascinating new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has revealed an unexpected potential benefit of severe COVID infection: it may help shrink cancer. This…
Geopolitical and humanitarian perspectives on migration in Cyprus: the forgotten divided island
Cyprus has seen a gradual rise in arrivals of migrants and refugees since 2013, mostly due to geopolitical tensions and conflicts in the Middle East. The island’s migration crisis is also a…
Israel’s relations with the UN hit a new low with Unrwa ban
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations…
US election: what a Trump victory would mean for the rest of the world
According to the United Nations 2024 is “the biggest election year in human history” with half of the world’s population – some 3.7 billion people in 72 countries – able to vote. Yet some…
Labour’s first budget: redistribution away from the rich after over a decade of Conservative rule
Labour’s first budget in 14 years appears to have avoided the Halloween nightmares that many predicted. Yes, the overall tax burden is at its highest level since 1948, but this budget’s tax and spend distribution is…