What does Zohran Mamdani’s victory mean for New York?
The once-fringe Democratic candidate is now the party’s mayoral nominee for New York City. His success speaks to an American political landscape in complete disarray. Amidst news of missile strikes in the Middle East, the rapid erosion of trans rights, and mounting economic strain over tariffs, climate change, and global...
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Does Notting Hill Carnival have a future?
The beloved street party is at risk due to funding cuts and public safety concerns. But protecting it is in our best interests. Sunday 22nd June marked Windrush Day, an annual commemoration of the date thousands of Caribbean’s were shipped over the the UK in the 1950s. A large portion of...
Is Iran about to disrupt the global oil and gas industry?
With tensions in the Middle East reaching boiling point, Iran intends to escalate the situation globally by taking steps to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime point for oil trade. Just days ago, the United States decided to dip its feet into the currently disordered Middle...
Why both Hotspur Press Building and Manchester’s residents are gutted
Irresponsible and unprosecuted fires in historical buildings are putting people’s lives and wellbeing at risk so that development companies can continue to increase the wages going into their pockets. On Monday the disused Hotspur Press Building in Manchester city centre, left derelict for decades, went up in flames. The fire...
Why one third of Tuvalu’s population hopes to relocate to Australia
An unprecedented visa scheme between Tuvalu and Australia is garnering a huge response. Signed in 2023, the ‘neighbourly’ agreement allows Tuvaluans to live, work, and study in Australia – though most are moving against their will. Three years ago at the world’s largest annual climate meeting COP27, Tuvalu’s foreign minister...
The rise of the billionaire ‘mega-wedding’
Lavish ceremonies and grotesque budgets are still on the rise, despite the social and environmental fallout. In case you missed the Parisian bachelorette, flanked by a star-studded girl group of Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry, plus Kris Jenner’s new face – or perhaps the firm backlash from Venetian residents, who...
What France’s syringe attacks say about fear, femininity, and freedom
Hundreds of guests at the annual Fête de la Musique were stabbed with syringes this weekend – the majority of them were women.
Millions of people took the streets of France on Saturday to celebrate the annual Fête de la Musique, a day dedicated to music, dancing, and collective self-expression.
But as visitors spent time socialising across major cities including Paris and Marseille, a dark trend emerged – young women were being 
Vaccine progress for children stalling worldwide say experts
A combination of vaccine scepticism, cuts to international aid budgets and the pandemic has lead to a stall and even reversal of vaccination programmes for children, experts warn. A new global study has revealed that progress in vaccinating children against various life-threatening diseases has stalled over the past two decades. It has even reversed in some countries. Experts are urging for a greater effort to provide more accessibility to vaccines across...
Experts warn two years left of carbon budget to meet 1.5C targets
We only have two years left to lower our global carbon emissions if we want to meet the 1.5C of warming target, experts have warned. More news about the climate crisis this week and, unfortunately, it’s not exactly positive. Scientists are warning that the globe has only two years left of carbon budget if we are to keep worldwide temperature increases below 1.5C. This means that we can still emit...
Was Primavera Sound more about commercial gain than political activism?
As part of a festival overtly expressing their support for Palestine and the LGBTQ+ community, did some of Primavera Sound’s acts fall short when it came to using their platforms this year? With the slogan ‘Nobody is Normal’, and a lign-up made up, deliberately, of 40% male, 40% female, and 20% mixed/non-binary artists, as well as all-female headline acts, Primavera Sound Festival’s progressive stance on identity politics and gender representation...
