The new wave of misery crashing over the Rohingya
First they were forced to flee their homes in Myanmar after the military regime launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against them. Then they faced more horrors in the Bangladeshi refugee camps wher...
3 Mar 202315min
Ukraine War anniversary: Uncertainty, coping and bedtime stories
Since the start of the Russia- Ukraine war, more than 12 million people have fled their homes. Military casualties on both sides are believed to have topped 200,000 while civilian casualties in Ukrain...
24 Feb 202316min
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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 202319min
