Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Apr 09, 2024 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Just over three decades after Russia decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, three people have been arrested and charged under the countrys harsh new anti-LGBT laws and could face ten years in prison for membership of an...
As a child psychiatrist, I know it’s critical for kindergartens to embrace playful learning
Apr 09, 2024 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Think back to one of your fondest memories of play. Where were you, who were you with, what powers did you pretend to have? Would you like to go back there if you could, if only for a moment? Unfortunately, fewer and...
Why the BBC has a licence fee and what might happen if it were scrapped
Apr 08, 2024 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
The TV licence is as much part of British life as the BBC, which it helps to fund. But in an era of increased media choice much of it available online, through voluntary subscriptions or even for free BBC director...
Apr 08, 2024 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Cognitive decline and dementia already affect more than 55 million people worldwide. This number is projected to skyrocket over the next few decades as the global population ages. There are certain risk factors of...
How cuts to marginal income tax could boost the UK’s stagnant economic growth
Apr 08, 2024 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The British prime minister recently claimed the UK economy has turned a corner. Rishi Sunak said inflation figures were encouraging, and proclaimed that 2024 would be the year Britain bounces back. According to his...
If life exists on Jupiter’s moon Europa, scientists might soon be able to detect it
Apr 08, 2024 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Europa is one of the largest of more than 90 moons in orbit around the planet Jupiter. It is also one of the best places to look for alien life. Often termed an ocean world by scientists, observations to date strongly...
Why the Chiefs and Royals couldn’t convince Kansas City voters to foot the bill for their stadiums
Apr 08, 2024 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
For the Kansas City Chiefs brass, it must have seemed like the perfect time to ask local voters to cough up some money for stadium renovations. The team was riding high from a big Super Bowl win in February 2024, its...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects