Dutch government to expand euthanasia law to include children aged one to 12 – an ethicist’s view

Why the world should take notice as Saudi Arabia joins Chinese alliance – and how this relates to Taiwan

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet recently approved the decision to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). This could be a signal that Riyadh, with all its energy...

Cholera cases are on the rise – and Europe shouldn’t be complacent about the risk

Cholera, an infection that causes severe diarrhoea and can be deadly, is once more spreading in several low-income countries. In its latest update on the disease,...

Emergency alert system launches in the UK: should you be worried about privacy?

Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured nation be put back together?

Last month, China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a landmark deal that restored full diplomatic ties between the two bitter rivals. There was...

Research on 2,400 languages shows nearly half the world’s language diversity is at risk

There are more than 7,000 languages in the world, and their grammar can vary a lot. Linguists are interested in these differences because of what they...

Why Fox News’s settlement with Dominion Voting Systems is good news for all media outlets

  It’s all over but the spinning. At the eleventh hour, after the jury was sworn in and the lawyers were ready to make their opening...

The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea – but naval rivalry with Beijing is very real and growing

As part of a joint military exercise with the Philippines, the U.S. Navy is slated to sink a mock warship on April 26, 2023, in the...

To understand American politics, you need to move beyond left and right

Are Americans really as politically polarized as they seem – and everybody says? It’s definitely true that Democrats and Republicans increasingly hate and fear one another....

Child sexual abuse: what the data tells us about perpetrators and victims

The government has announced plans to make it a crime not to report child abuse. As part of this, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has vowed...