Marches come amid state-level curbs to voting access that rights groups say disproportionately affect people of colour. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2021/9/27/is-gerrymandering-destroying-us-democracy
Khine Thu fled her home in Myanmar’s northwestern Sagaing region for the first time in June, running into the jungle as soldiers stormed her village. She has lost count of how many times she has fled since, but thinks it may now be about 15. […]
Switzerland has agreed to legalise marriage for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum, making it one of the last countries in Western Europe to do so. According to results provided by the Swiss federal chancellery, 64.1 percent of voters voted in […]
Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have edged into the lead over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in national elections, according to projected results, as its leader Olaf Scholz claimed a “clear mandate” for the party to form the government for the first time since 2005. The […]
As we hopefully return to more familiar ways of working, as a leader, how confident are you? Whether you lead a team, a department or an organisation, what adaptations will you have to make? We are still here because we have managed to adapt to […]
Serbian troops have been on a heightened state of alert after the government in Belgrade accused neighbouring Kosovo of “provocations” by sending special police units to the border. Already tense relations between Serbia and its former breakaway region have grown worse since the ethnic Albanian-led […]
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has struck south of the Philippines capital, Manila. The deep quake struck off Batangas province on Luzon island at 1:12am (17:12 GMT), with residents in the nearby capital of Manila woken by their buildings shaking. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology […]
Bitcoin is at the head of the pack in a cryptocurrency boom, gaining 1,150 percent since its March 2020 low. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/9/26/should-digital-currencies-be-regulated
Just six months after Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered in the UK by an off-duty police officer, Gabriella Petito’s disappearance while travelling with her fiancé in the US and her now-confirmed death made international headlines. The Everard and Petito stories, though very different, […]
Polls in Germany have closed in one of the most unpredictable elections in its recent history, with Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats in a tight race for her crown as she prepares to leave the political stage. Tens of millions of voters […]
