El Presidente de la Federación Rusa, Vladimir Putin, en el cementerio Piskarevsky depositando flores en el monumento a los caídos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en enero de 2014. Akimov Igor/Shutterstock Ruscism, also known as rashism, russism or simply Russian fascism, is the ideology that forms the backbone of Vladimir Putin’s decades-long dictatorial rule. The […]
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El Presidente de la Federación Rusa, Vladimir Putin, en el cementerio Piskarevsky depositando flores en el monumento a los caídos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en enero de 2014. Akimov Igor/Shutterstock Ruscism, also known as rashism, russism or simply Russian fascism, is the ideology that forms the backbone of Vladimir Putin’s decades-long dictatorial rule. The […]
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The Labour leader Keir Starmer has warned that if his party wins the next UK general election, he will not be able to “turn on the spending taps”. Speaking at a thinktank event focused on the stagnation of the UK economy, he said the country was “in a hole” after 13 years of Conservative rule. […]
Frederic Legrand – COMEO/Shutterstock Elon Musk’s recent endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X (formerly Twitter) is the latest in a series of controversial statements the owner of the social media platform has made since he acquired it in 2022. Major brands including Disney, Apple and Microsoft have decided to pause or suspend their […]
MeSSrro/Shutterstock The dramatic firing and reinstatement of Sam Altman as boss of OpenAI was more than a power shuffle. It was a glimpse at the overwhelming influence that big corporations – and a few individuals – possess when it comes to shaping the direction of artificial intelligence. And it highlights the need to reassess the […]
Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Before having our first baby last year, we wondered whether we had the money, time and necessary skills to raise a child. Perhaps you find yourself contemplating the same? Many people certainly have, as birth rates have been declining across the world for the past 200 years. Research attributes this trend to the escalating […]
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Inflation has affected the UK, US and Europe differently – here’s what this means for interest rates
The Bank of England’s governor has repeatedly warned that it will not cut UK interest rates any time soon, even with a recent sharp fall in consumer price inflation. Like central banks in the US and eurozone, the bank has been sharply increasing its base rate to try to tame a spike in inflation. But […]
NeydtStock/Shutterstock The tide of employment law has continued to turn on the gig economy after the UK Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Deliveroo drivers are not considered workers but self-employed independent contractors. This means people working in the gig economy are less likely to be able to access standard UK protections such as paid leave, […]