COP28, Sussex, and the Fight for Sustainability
From 30 November until 13 December 2023 Expo City, Dubai, played host to the United Nations’s 28th annual COP meeting, the supreme convention in climate governance. The core climate and…
Britain’s Heading Right In 2024
One should be hesitant when predicting the length of Prime Minister’s terms in office, yet it has become popular to believe this is Rishi Sunak’s last year as the head…
Students Voice Support for Palestine
Amid the weekly rally held on Mondays in Library Square, Zeena (who requested her surname be omitted), a third-year Palestinian student at Sussex, stepped away from the demonstration to take…
Thousands Arrested After Jair Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Key Government Offices in Brasilia
Words by Ritika Srivatsan, News Editor On the 8th of January, thousands of protestors stormed key government offices in Brazil. The National Congress, Supreme Court, and the presidential palace were…
Putin Imposes Martial Law Amid Ukrainian Southern Offensive
On Wednesday October 19th Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law in Russian occupied Ukraine, as alarm grew in Moscow about faltering progress in the 8 month conflict. During a…
Chinese President Xi Jinping Poised for 3rd Consecutive Term as General Secretary of the Communist Party
On Sunday the 16th of October, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was set in motion at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen…
Iranians Remain Defiant Despite Brutal Crackdowns
Iranians’ appetite for regime change is palpable, but the clerical establishment clings on with the help of heavy-handed security forces.
Grounded
Go-ahead on the implementation of the UK Government’s Rwanda policy on hold following human rights intervention
Yoon Suk-yeol Wins South Korean Presidential Elections By a Narrow Margin
Words by Ritika Srivatsan, News Print Editor Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power party won the 20th South Korean presidential election held in early March. Yoon, the former Prosecutor…
Russia Threatens to Cut Off European Gas Pipeline
Words by Anurag Venugopalan, Staff Writer Russia has threatened to shut down a major gas pipeline to Europe if the West goes ahead with its ban on energy imports which…
Latest IPCC Climate Change Report ‘An Atlas For Human Suffering’
Words by Éloïse Armary, Artist Focus Editor The IPCC’s 2022 Climate Change report is ‘an atlas for human suffering’, as it warns of irreversible damages and a closing window for…
British-Iranian National Released After 6 Years in Iranian Prison
Words by Maisie Levitt, News Online Editor British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her passports returned and is being reunited with her husband and daughter, 6 years after her arrest…
Plastic Summit Could be Most Important Green Deal Since Paris Accords, Says UN
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately disruption has made this edition of The Badger a little different. Unavoidable circumstances meant that this edition was delayed. Consequently, some of these articles are a little…
Protests in Canada Over Vaccine Mandates Cause Major Disruption
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately disruption has made this edition of The Badger a little different. Unavoidable circumstances meant that this edition was delayed. Consequently, some of these articles are a little…
Leading Climate Research Publisher Revealed to Help Fuel Oil and Gas Drilling
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately disruption has made this edition of The Badger a little different. Unavoidable circumstances meant that this edition was delayed. Consequently, some of these articles are a little…
Matrix Resurrections Production Partner Sues Warner Bros Over Simultaneous Cinema and Streaming Release
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately disruption has made this edition of The Badger a little different. Unavoidable circumstances meant that this edition was delayed. Consequently, some of these articles are a little…
Iranian Nuclear Deal Agreement Reaches Final Stage as Talks Resume in Vienna
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately disruption has made this edition of The Badger a little different. Unavoidable circumstances meant that this edition was delayed. Consequently, some of these articles are a little…
Omicron and Inflation Will Impact World Growth in 2022, Says IMF
Words by Billy Stack, Staff Writer On January 22nd, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), published a quarterly review of its global growth forecasts for the next two financial years. The…
Investigation Launched After 23 Year Old Black Woman Found Dead After Bumble Date
Words by Cameron Trencher, Staff Writer Trigger warnings for drug use and death. Lauren Smith-Fields, a 23-year-old Black woman, was found dead by a man she had met through internet…
The European Union Launches WTO Action as Lithuania-China Row Escalates
Words by Ritika Srivatsan, News Print Editor Increased trade tensions between Lithuania and China have led to the European Union (EU) staunchly backing Lithuania, its smallest member state, by officially…