By Dan Paget, Assistant professor, University of Sussex
In Tanzania, something snapped this year. Protests followed the 29 October 2025 elections. They are unprecedented in their scale, national breadth and political content since the country’s independence in 1961.
But the repression unleashed by newly…
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By Hong Kong Free Press
The self-taught artist draws everyday Hong Kong cuisine to share his passion for food and capture fading flavors, which are often being lost as the city develops and changes.
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Friday, October 31, 2025
The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been a “surge in repression and extraordinary spike in executions” there since Israeli hit the country with airstrikes in June.
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Friday, October 31, 2025
The UN is calling for restraint in Tanzania, amid deadly protests following the 29 October general election, as the country remains under curfew and faces widespread internet restrictions.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Penha favela residents protest in front of the Guanabara Palace against a deadly police operation that resulted in at least 121 killings, in Rio de Janeiro, October 29, 2025. © 2025 Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo (São Paulo) – Police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including 4 police officers, during a raid in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 28, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The raid affected low-income, primarily Black neighborhoods. Police did not preserve crime…
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By Joel Gray, Associate Dean, Sheffield Hallam University
There can be no doubt that any conversation about British girlbands of the last 30 years would be dominated by Spice Girls.
In whichever corner of the globe you are, they were the defacto pop force of the late 1990s – and their impact has been long-lasting. From Adele…
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By Frédéric Dimanche, Professor and former Director (2015-2025), Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Kelley A. McClinchey, Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Whether it’s the World Series, the FIFA World Cup or the Olympic Games, the hope for hosting mega sporting events is that the economy will emerge as the true winner.
A quick search shows how expensive World Series tickets are, or how much it costs for accommodations, food and transportation. Similar spending patterns can be predicted for the 2026 FIFA World Cup,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Players of Afghan Women's United football team receive support from Tunisian players after the FIFA Unites: Women's Series 2025 on October 29 in Casablanca, Morocco. © 2025 Francois Nel - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images When the former Afghan Women's National Football Team, now known as Afghan Women United, took the field this week in Morocco for their first games in four years, they didn't just play a match; they returned from exile, from dispossession, and from a system that sought to erase them.Their return to compete after the Taliban banned all sports for…
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By Chau Le, Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance, University of Lincoln
Sustainable or responsible investing has experienced huge growth over the past decade. This investment approach is anchored in environmental, social and governance principles and is known as ESG. This set of standards is designed to ensure that funds are directed toward companies that protect the environment, have a positive impact on people through things such as labour standards, and operate ethically, transparently and with accountability.
Global ESG assets are predicted to hit US$40…
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By Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as ‘The People’s Chamber.’
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