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Are women safe online in 2025?

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

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...

By Bristol, UK
Why are Gen Z workers so burnt out?

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...

By Brighton, UK
Why are Lithuania’s young people the happiest in the world? 

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...

By Brighton, UK
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah becomes Africa’s first female president

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...

By Nairobi, Kenya