By Catia Nicodemo, Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London
Overall, the budget nudges the UK towards paying more tax now to avoid an even more financially fragile NHS later.
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By Jung Woo Lee, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy, University of Edinburgh
North Korea cemented its status as one of the dominant forces in women’s youth football in early November, defeating the Netherlands 3-0 in the under-17 World Cup final. They returned from the tournament victorious for a record extending fourth time, having won the past two titles.
The North Koreans also won awards for the tournament’s best and second-best overall players. These trophies went to North Korea’s forward, Yu Jong-hyang, and her teammate, Kim Won-sim, respectively. The success of North Korea’s…
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By Aurelien Mondon, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Bath
Reports of such appalling behaviour – and Farage’s reaction – give us an insight into the leader of the UK’s rising far-right party.
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By Siavash Alimadadi, Research Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Business, King's College London
Jonatan Pinkse, Professor of Sustainable Business, Centre for Sustainable Business, King's College London
While the UK needs to accelerate its energy transition, targets are being missed, projects run into delays, and the public wonders why progress feels so slow. The temptation is to blame politics, funding or technology. Yet there is a deeper reason the road to net zero keeps stalling.
Everything in our modern life, from our roads to our factories, have been built around readily available fossil fuels. As a result, we expect things to happen quickly, to last indefinitely and to disappear without…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the Russian Supreme Court’s closed-door decision to designate the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF/FBK), founded by colleagues of the late prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny, a “terrorist organization,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The Kremlin’s long campaign against the late opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his supporters has […] The post Russia: Supreme Court’s ominous “terrorist” designation of Navalny’s Foundation threatens sweeping reprisals appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to today’s acquittal of 87 protesters on trial for their participation in mass protests which took place following the detention of Istanbul Mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu, and yesterday’s acquittal of eight journalists and four lawyers charged in relation to the same demonstrations, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director EU, Balkans and Turkey, Dinushka Disanayake, said: “Whilst […] The post Türkiye: Misuse of criminal justice system to crack down on dissent must end following acquittal of 87 protesters, journalists and lawyers appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Friday, November 28, 2025
The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the “brazen killing” of two Palestinian men by Israeli border police in the West Bank, describing it as “an apparent summary execution.”
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 2010. © REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (Berlin, November 28, 2025) – Russia’s designation of Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable” foreign organization, made public by the Ministry of Justice on November 28, is yet another mark of the Kremlin’s repression, Human Rights Watch said today. The designation bans the organization’s work in Russia.“For over three decades, Human Rights Watch’s work on post-Soviet Russia has pressed the government to uphold human rights and freedoms,” said Philippe Bolopion, executive…
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By Rahul Sidhu, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
Two major trials show the weight-loss drug offers no cognitive benefit to people with early Alzheimer’s, dashing hopes it might protect the brain.
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By Milena Tsvetkova, Associate Professor of Computational Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
People tend to associate with others who are in a similar financial position, making them underestimate the true levels on inequality.
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