Is climate change impacting chocolate production?
For centuries chocolate has had a global appeal, the key ingredient of this confectionery is derived from the dried and fully fermented seed of the Theobroma cacao, whose origins began in northern Ama...
28 Mar 202423min
Will neighbouring countries follow El Salvador's lead on crime?
In February this year, El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele won re-election with nearly 85% of the vote. His flagship policy after he came to power in 2019 has been the mass arrest of thousands of all...
21 Mar 202423min
Is our future underground?
More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities, and by 2050, the UN estimates that figure will rise to nearly 7 in 10 people. The world is also getting hotter, with heatwaves and w...
14 Mar 202423min
Can Mexico win its battle with US gun companies?
The Mexican government has won its appeal to bring a civil lawsuit against a number of American gun companies. Mexico, which has extremely restrictive gun laws, claims that the ‘deliberate’ business p...
7 Mar 202423min
What’s going on with the pyramids?
One of the most famous of Egypt’s pyramids, Menkaure’s pyramid on the Giza plateau, is the subject of controversy after the Egyptian authorities announced plans to restore it in what the country’s Hea...
29 Feb 202423min
Can Europe reverse its falling fertility rates?
Across the world fertility rates are falling and for the first time Europe is experiencing a sustained population decline. The average fertility rate for the European Union is 1.53 live births per w...
22 Feb 202423min
Who will be next to walk on the moon?
In the next two or three years America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA - plans to send a mission into space that will land people on the moon for the first time in over a half a...
15 Feb 202423min
Are Ethiopians losing faith in their Orthodox Church?
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - once a powerful marker of nationhood - is deeply split as result of the recent civil war in Tigray which exacerbated historical tensions in the church. The Chu...
8 Feb 202423min
