Nigeria's next general election will be more than a contest between candidates. It will also test whether Nigerians believe their votes can actually determine political outcomes.
That question has become more urgent following recent comments by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike about the role political pow...
More than 900 wheelchairs donated by Australian charities for injured children in Gaza are sitting in warehouses in Jordan instead of being used by the children for whom they were made. The shipments were donated by Australian organisations and arrived in Jordan in 2025, but they have remained there...
Finnair CEO Turkka Kuusisto has described the current competition between European and Chinese airlines as "extremely unfair", and from the perspective of an airline executive, the complaint is easy to understand. Finnair historically benefited enormously from Finland's geographic position, using Ru...
The argument over who is actually blocking peace in Ukraine has entered another phase after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offered a detailed account of what Moscow says happened during the Anchorage meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
According to Lavrov, the proposal discuss...
On March 9, 2025, Senator Rick Scott posted a video promoting his Sunshine Protection Act, telling Americans that he heard from people who were tired of changing their clocks and wanted to "lock the clock." The policy itself is unremarkable political communication. What attracted attention was the s...
The debate over reforming the United Nations Security Council is legitimate. The five permanent members were established in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the structure of the Council reflects a balance of power that is now more than 80 years old. The permanent members are China, France,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is once again absent from the United Nations General Assembly, and this time the absence is particularly difficult to ignore because it is the third consecutive year that Vice President Kashim Shettima has represented him at the gathering. Shettima represented Nigeria in...
There was something striking about Donald Trump's latest address to the United Nations General Assembly. The American president presented the future of Iran as a choice between reconstruction through an agreement and what he explicitly described as the annihilation of the Islamic Republic. Trump sai...
When Germany says it wants to take on more responsibility for Europe’s defence, the statement sounds measured, even overdue. For decades, Berlin has been criticised for doing too little militarily while benefiting from the security umbrella of others. Now, with shifting global dynamics and a more as...
The most unsettling warnings about artificial intelligence may not come from critics outside the industry, but from the people who have spent years building the systems themselves.
On September 9, 2026, AI researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic after three years working in...
