Can the Vatican stop Nicaragua’s Catholic crackdown?
After serving nearly a year of his 26 year sentence for treason in a Nicaraguan jail, Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was flown to Rome in January. The high profile bishop known as an outspoken cr...
1 Feb 202424min
What does Iran want?
After months of tension and hostility in the Middle East over the Gaza-Israel conflict, Iran has publicly stated its desire to avoid a regional conflict. It has however displayed its military force on...
25 Jan 202423min
Can Indonesia pull off relocating its capital?
Indonesia’s ambitious plan to move the administrative headquarters of its capital city from Jakarta to a new location on the island of Borneo, in the East Kalimantan province, is nearing the completio...
18 Jan 202423min
Why is the US Army struggling to recruit new soldiers?
In 1973 America ended a draft that had been in effect since before it entered the second World War, and for the last fifty years the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines have been an all-volunteer mil...
11 Jan 202423min
Are orcas OK?
Something strange started happening in early 2023 in the waters off south-western Europe, where the Mediterranean sea meets the Atlantic ocean. Orcas began slamming into the sides of fishing and saili...
4 Jan 202423min
What’s going on with sargassum seaweed?
Sargassum seaweed was recorded as far back as the 15th century when Christopher Columbus wrote in his expedition diaries about miles and miles and miles of dense seaweed as he crossed the Atlantic Oce...
28 Des 202323min
Has Toyota solved the electric car battery problem?
Toyota has unveiled a revolutionary electric car battery, able to travel 1,200 kilometres in one go and can be charged in just ten minutes.Toyota’s CEO Koji Sato said that “commercialisation of solid ...
21 Des 202323min
Is Venezuela about to invade its neighbour?
Tensions between South American neighbours Venezuela and Guyana have ratcheted up a notch in recent weeks over the disputed oil rich region of Essequibo. The territory, which is roughly the size of Fl...
14 Des 202323min
