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US Aid cuts are undermining Senegal’s fight against HIV
Lack of access to vital medication, as well as dwindling contraception supplies, are threatening to undo years of progress within Senegal’s medical industry. Senegal is discovering the hard way that with abrupt cuts in US funding, medical advances that took years to build can unravel faster than they were assembled. The latest withdrawals of USAID and related programmes are not only hobbling contraception supply chains, they’re also throttling HIV prevention,...
Opinion – Trump’s East Wing demolition symbolic of US politics
The President’s plans for an ostentatious White House ballroom may seem relatively inoffensive given his track record of aggressive leadership. But they reflect a country divided and a political system on the brink. Whether or not you’re clued into US politics, you’ve probably heard mutterings of Trump’s ballroom in the past few weeks. The President has undertaken an ‘aggressive’ construction project involving the destruction of the White House East...
Eight countries added to a UK warning list over methanol poisoning
Tourists are being urged to travel with caution after eight popular tourist destinations were listed as potential hot spots for lethal methanol poisoning. The UK foreign office has added eight countries – all tourist hot spots – to its warning list over methanol poisoning. Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda are included in updated travel guidance that is urging travellers to heed extreme caution following incidents...
A petition for women-only tube carriages has 12,000 signatures
The petition, started by a student, follows TfL’s ‘Act Like a Friend’ anti-harassment campaign. Almost 12,000 people have signed a petition calling for women-only carriages across the London Underground network. It comes shortly after TfL’s anti-harassment efforts and reflects a growing sense of unease on board public transport services. UCL student Camille Brown set up the petition after she had ‘had enough of women being unsafe’ on the tube. It...
‘Trad-sons’ are now a thing
Stay-at-home sons are the latest iteration of the ‘trad-wife’ trend. We have Nara Smith to thank for the advent of the modern ‘trad-wife’. Whether Smith defines herself within these borders is another thing, but the influencer’s dulcet tones and endless couture collection ensured her cooking skills became the blueprint for housewives everywhere. Controversial though it may be, the ‘trad-wife’ aesthetic (trend, cultural phenomenon, whatever you want to call it) has...
The US revokes visas over comments made about Charlie Kirk
The government has cancelled the visas of several foreign nationals over their public comments about Charlie Kirk’s murder. ‘The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans’ wrote the US Department of State on X this week. The post was in reference to the government’s decision to revoke several visas over comments made about the late Charlie Kirk. In six screenshots, social media users were shown...
What are lavender marriages and why are they on the rise?
Thanks to TikTok trends, a bleak dating culture, and a rising sense of patriarchal dread, we’re pining for platonic love. The term ‘lavender marriage’ originates from the ‘lavender scare’ of the mid-20th century, a period of moral panic fuelled by Sen. Joseph McCarthy and President Eisenhower that saw a widespread purge of the federal workforce. Thousands of individuals lost their jobs, livelihoods and even their lives – dismissed under suspicion of homosexuality....
TfL is urging passengers to ‘Act Like a Friend’
The new campaign aims to target harassment on board TfL services. But is it shifting focus away from perpetrators? Transport users in London are being urged to step in when they spot harassment, under a new campaign titled ‘Act Like a Friend’. Encouraging commuters to intervene if they spot abuse, violence or discrimination on board TfL services, the initiative hopes to target instances of harassment and provide additional means of...
What is a ‘party gap’ relationship?
Are your partner’s social habits clashing with your own? You might be in a ‘party gap’ relationship. There’s been plenty of chatter around ‘swag gap’ relationships recently. This colloquial chasm between lovers – defined by one’s sense of style and the others’ lack thereof – entered the zeitgeist thanks to high-profile couples like Hailey and Justin Bieber. But the latest romantic clash comes in the form of a party. Specifically, whether...
New study finds gender bias starts young
Children as young as six are influenced by gender stereotypes over what jobs they want to do, new research has found. When I was six, I wanted to be an archaeologist. I didn’t necessarily understand what that would entail, but I knew I loved the ancient Egyptians. I was fascinated by drawings of Howard Carter discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb by candlelight. ‘That looks like a cool job’ I thought. And thus...
