What is UXO? UXO is an acronym for Unexploded Ordnance, i.e. weapons that were deployed during a war which have not detonated. Where is Laos? Laos is in South East Asia, west of and inland […]
What is the current situation in Libya? The North African country has been locked in a state of violence since 2011 when a popular uprising ended with the overthrow and death of former president Muammar Gaddafi. […]
What is new in New Caledonia? There was a referendum on Sunday 4 November in New Caledonia, a Pacific island territory that is under French sovereignty. The question was whether it should become an independent […]
Macedonia had a referendum on Sunday 30 September 2018 on whether to accept the agreement with Greece about the country’s name that was intended to end a long dispute between the two countries about who […]
When Donna Strickland was woken at 5am by a call from the Nobel Prize committee, her first thought was that she was being prank-called. A woman had not been awarded the coveted prize for physics […]
How do elections in Sweden work? Sweden holds parliamentary elections every four years. There is only one chamber in the Swedish parliament (the Rijksdag), so these results decide who forms the government – there are […]
‘I do not think the Russian general staff is so naive as to think this is a definite long term alliance. There will naturally be mutual wariness’. (Alexander Gabuev, chair of the Rusia in the […]
Colin Kaepernick, an NFL player already well-known amongst fans of American football, became famous and infamous simultaneously, depending on who you speak to, for his ‘take a knee’ protest that incensed US President Donald Trump. […]
All eyes are on the general election taking place in Sweden this weekend as the wave of populism sweeping the EU threatens to break over the country long seen as THE example of progressive culture. […]
Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump officially recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, throwing more petrol onto the perpetual fire burning between the Palestinians (who also believe the city historically belongs to Palestine) […]
