Supremes co-founder dies aged 76
Words by Georgia Keetch Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, the 1960s group that helped define the Motown sound and style and propelled Diana Ross to…
Increasing violence as Indian farmer protests continue
Words by Aiala Suso Farmers in India have been protesting since August 2020 against three new government laws which deregulate agricultural activities. Farmers fear that these new regulations around sale,…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has safely touched down on Mars!
Words By Amy-Rose Collins At 20:56 GMT yesterday evening NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) received confirmation that the wheels of the Perseverance rover had safely touched Martian soil. The Mars…
Bitcoin’s $1.5 billion investment by Tesla sends value to an all-time high
Words by Matteo Marchionni The price of bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $48,000 following Tesla’s announcement that it purchased $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency. Monday 8th, Elon Musk’s…
Lebanese dissident Lokman Slim murdered
Words by Diane Naimeh The dissident and leading critic of Hezbollah was found dead in his car the morning after he went missing. On the 4th of February, Lebanese citizens,…
Trump: Here to stay?
Words by Luke Thomson Former US President Donald Trump has been acquitted by a vote held in the senate on Saturday 14 February. The Democrat-led vote failed to gain the…
Clubhouse: The invite-only Audio Chat App used by Mark Zuckerberg
Words by Ellie Doughty Clubhouse is an invite only social networking app launched in 2020 where users can join group conversations on various topics, and has been called “the next…
Space Mission From the U.A.E. to Begin its Orbit of Mars
Words By Georgia Keetch The first out of three robotic probes have arrived on Mars; with it aptly being named ‘Hope’. This marks the first interplanetary mission by an Arab…
Major US government reorientation as Biden overturns Trump-era policies
Words by Georgia Keetch For President Joe Biden there is no time like the present; in just one full day after being inaugurated as President of the United States, he…
Protests sweep across Russia amid Navalny arrest
Words by Ewan Vellinga Thousands of people across Russia defied a police crackdown on 24 January and again on 31 January by protesting against the imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei…
Riots in the Netherlands over introduction of Covid Curfew
Words by Oliver Mizzi Riots erupted in the Netherlands last week after the government announced the introduction of further lockdown measures to curb the Covid-19 infection rate. A new curfew…
Chinese billionaire reappears after long absence from public eye
Words by Sam Kimbley The Chinese billionaire Jack Ma recently reappeared after a long absence from the public eye. Ma’s departure from public appearances began in October, and coincided with…
Uighur women tell of ‘systematic rape’ in Chinese detainment camps, BBC report details
Words by Miranda Dunne A BBC report released on Wednesday details systematic rape, abuse and torture alleged by women of Uighur muslim community in China. In a set of accounts…
European Union faces criticism over slow vaccination rollout
Words by Ellie Doughty EU leaders are facing criticism over the slow Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout in member states due to supply issues. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have accredited the supply chain…
UK businesses slapped with post-Brexit red tape and unexpected tariffs
Words by Aiala Suso As the Home Office announced a third national lockdown on 4 January, many Britons were also dealing with the immediate consequences of the post-Brexit reality: the…
Bill Russo: Sussex Student to Senior Whitehouse Aide
Words by Grace Raines A Sussex alumnus has become a key member of President Biden’s administration following the defeat of Donald Trump in the recent US presidential elections. Bill Russo…
Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal
Words by Ewan Vellinga The Dutch government resigned on 15 January after a scandal in which thousands of families were falsely accused of fraud and told to repay childcare benefits.…
New peace deal ends Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Words by Matteo Marchionni On 9 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had mediated talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The outcome…
United Nations warns of “humanitarian crisis” in Ethiopia
Words by Ewan Vellinga The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned that a “full-scale humanitarian crisis” is developing in Tigray in Ethiopia as thousands of people have been displaced…
Hope for Covid-19 vaccine to be available mid-2021
Words by Grace Raines COVID-19 trial vaccines have produced promising efficiency rates of 90% and above this month, though mass vaccination is not expected until mid-2021, with society’s most vulnerable…