Are we heading for another Intifada?
The UN says that 2022 was the deadliest year for Palestinians since systematic records began in 2005. Israeli security forces killed 151 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank territories and east Jer...
17 Helmi 202332min
Why did so many buildings collapse in Turkey’s earthquake?
Most people were tucked up in bed when the first quake hit. The ground shook violently as a fault roughly 200 km long and 25km wide slipped, causing a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The force of th...
10 Helmi 202323min
Are we prepared for another pandemic?
We all know exactly what happened three years ago. The winter we didn’t expect was coming, and it stayed with us for years. This time of the year now comes with memories of the world’s first Covid loc...
3 Helmi 202321min
How did Ukraine finally get the tanks it wanted?
It took months of wrangling and it nearly didn’t happen - but Ukraine will soon get some of the most formidable tanks ever built. At the start of the war in February 2022, Western aid focused on sendi...
27 Tammi 202319min
Davos 2023: Highlights from the World Economic Forum
Thousands of business leaders, policy makers, experts, heads of government and state have gathered once again in a snowy Swiss mountain resort in January. There are crises affecting different parts of...
20 Tammi 202315min
Why Covid in China spread so fast
Since Covid-19 first emerged in Wuhan province in late 2019, China has pursued an aggressive containment policy. In October, 28 cities across China were in some form of lockdown impacting 207 million ...
13 Tammi 202319min
Football history in the making as the Arabian Gulf Cup returns to Iraq
The Arabian Gulf Cup is returning to Iraq for the first time since 1979. Coming less than a month after the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the tournament in the once war-torn city of Basra represents anothe...
6 Tammi 202314min
What’s changed around the world in 2022?
2022 was a year of uncertainty on the global stage. Amid the lingering impact of Covid-19, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused a fresh shock to the system and its reverberations were felt across the p...
30 Joulu 202216min
