In ideological terms, Putin’s regime is neither totalitarian nor fascist. But it is reactionary, and in a way that begs questions about the recent maltreatment of language in Western politics
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Oleksandra Kushynova, a fixer with Fox News, was killed along with the cameraman she was working with.
When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.
Publicly available data on irregular migration is a welcome development, but it doesn’t tell the full story.
Plus, a rare archive of Ukrainian dissident literature from the Soviet era is now in danger. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
The British courts will now have longer to investigate and can target companies that own properties in questionable arrangements. But key issues remain unresolved.
The British-Iranian national is returning to the UK after being held in Iran since 2016.
The live protest on one of Russia’s main state-owned TV news bulletins is a blow to Putin because of his near total control of broadcasting in the country.
Sudden food prices have sparked in Iraq, but other countries may follow.
Putin is following a strategy used by other imperial countries, particularly 19th-century China and Japan.
It’s facile to claim that only the state, or even only elites, were responsible for executing witches – there is a potential witch-hunter in all of us.
Putin’s belief that a separate Ukraine was an ‘arbitrary creation’ is a misunderstanding of how borders and territories are made.
Daily life for many Ukrainians is dismal: hungry, cold and frightened, say friends of the author who are caught by the conflict.
The death of ‘glasnost’ and the return to the oppression of Soviet Russia.
Homestays can be a life-changing experience for refugees and hosts.
Russia’s playbook for taking control of the Donbas and now Kherson province could be used beyond Ukraine.
The French president continues to talk to Vladimir Putin but he doesn’t appear to have made much difference to the conflict so far.
India’s prime minister has unexpectedly won a big state election, further boosting his power.
Nato is worried that providing material assistance to Ukraine will be interpreted as an act of war.
While it hasn’t admitted it, the world is sure that Russia has used the banned weapons in recent years.
The west underestimates the power of Russian-state television, says an expert.
Linguicism sees people penalised for speaking in non-standard forms of English.
Propaganda is a key weapon of war and, in this regard at least, Ukraine is winning.
As an actor and performer, Zelensky built his portfolio of presidential skills long before he knew he was going to undertake that role.
Latest figures show antisemitism in the UK is on the rise, with new expressions of anti-Jewish hatred merely reviving older ones.