Russia is one of the world’s top three oil producers and a major oil exporter. How will it, and global oil markets, respond if its wealthiest customers turn off the tap?
On International Women’s Day, two women writers discuss feminism, writing in the age of Trump and Covid – and being ‘flabbergasted’ by the absence of birth from Western art and philosophy.
We’ll probably be less aggressive and more agreeable, but have smaller brains – a bit like a Golden Retriever, we’ll be friendly, but maybe not that interesting or bright.
The Russian president has already shown he will come down hard on domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Over two millennia, Swahili has built bridges among people across Africa and into the diaspora.
Soaring inflation and a run on the banks signal that punishing sanctions resulting from the invasion of Ukraine are already inflicting economic pain.
Footage claiming to document the situation in Ukraine may not necessarily be genuine. Here’s how to treat viral footage with the right level of scepticism before sharing it on social media.
Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.
Vladimir Putin’s popularity could come crumbling down if anti-war sentiment in Russia continues to grow.
Nato fears that an attempt to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine would inevitably escalate into war with Russia.
The sudden death of one of the country’s greatest sportsmen has come as a shocking blow because in Shane Warne we found a brilliant but flawed character we couldn’t help but love.
The fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine understandably raised the spectre of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. But thankfully this time another nuclear catastrophe was avoided.
The settled foundations of German foreign policy have been overturned in an instant following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
There are no more ivory-billed woodpeckers or Bachman’s Warblers on Earth, but they’ve left an echo behind.
Biden tapped into themes of unity – both among Americans and with Western allies – while warning Russian President Vladimir Putin that he had badly miscalculated in invading Ukraine.
We’re still a long way off nuclear escalation.
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There are important strategic and political maritime dimensions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A constitutional law professor provides insight on what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, could mean for how that court works.
Ukraine can call on a highly motivated citizenry to fight a prolonged insurgency against occupying forces.
