Naomi Girma is football’s first million-dollar female player
Her historic transfer fee signals a shift in women’s football, but is the sport finally stepping out of the shadows? The glass ceiling in women’s football has been cracking for some time now. Following the Lionesses’ historic victory at the Euros in 2022, followed by a performance in the World...
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Gen Z are officially the UK’s gym generation
One in six Gen Zers now subscribe to a gym membership in the UK. A desire for physical fitness isn’t the only reason why. Guinness or gains? More young people are choosing the latter than you’d expect. A record 11.5 million people aged 16 and over are now subscribed to a...
Is Britain blind to racism against Traveller communities?
Discrimination towards Travellers is arguably the last accepted form of racism. Why are we still looking the other way? Given the persistent instances of violence, stereotyping, and socio-political oppression across the country, it’s sometimes hard to believe that racism is generally condemned in the UK. But we have – thankfully...
Regular people likely to be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C
A new study has found that economic models have underestimated how global warming will affect the public’s wealth, with new calculations suggesting the average person will be 40% poorer. It looks like our current predictions for global warming have underestimated how badly it will affect our personal finances. A new study...
News avoidance has become huge internationally
The percentage of people who selectively avoid news has reportedly reached 39% globally. This is an increase of 10% in less than a decade. Blissful ignorance or doomscroll-induced anxiety? Pick your poison. It’s no secret that the state of the world is causing mass panic. Cost of living is on a...
Are women safe online in 2025?
The 2000s was not the only period when the dot-com bubble burst in the market; it was also the beginning of a new type of cost - the safety of many, particularly women and girls worldwide. Although an online presence can create a haven for equal access to information and a...
Just Stop Oil to cease direct-action protests from April
The controversial climate protest group has announced it will be changing tactics starting from this April. It will no longer be engaging in disruption protests after UK government met its initial demands. Just Stop Oil is to halt all direct-action protests from April, it has announced. The group has been in operation for three years, with over 3,300 arrests made and 180 imprisonments. You’ll have likely seen the headlines; breaking...
Why are Gen Z workers so burnt out?
Young people are experiencing high levels of stress more often than previous generations. What does this tell us about modern attitudes to work and wellness? Reports of high stress levels among young professionals have become so frequent they hardly register as newsworthy. 98% of Gen Z workers report experiencing symptoms of burnout, with frontline workers facing some of the worst conditions. So what’s going wrong? And why does a...
Why are Lithuania’s young people the happiest in the world?
How a post-Soviet nation became a Gen-Z haven. In 2024, the World Happiness Report named Lithuania the happiest place on Earth for under-30s. As a veritable Disney Land fit with cheap booze, great weather, and luscious landscapes, it’s easy to see why. But with young Lithuanians rating their wellbeing at an impressive 7.76 out of 10, the nation soars ahead of the UK and US, which languish at 32nd and...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah becomes Africa’s first female president
Namibia has made history by inaugurating its first female president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, during the nation's 35th independence anniversary last week. 72-year-old President Nandi-Ndaitwah, a veteran member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), has served over 25 years in public life, including as vice president and foreign minister. She ascended to the presidency last week after the term of Nangolo Mbumba following the death of President Hage Geingob...