People & Power Argentina: Football for the people To privatise or not to privatise? People & Power explores the ideological debate over Argentina’s most beloved sport. The government of Argentina has placed football at the centre of the country’s ideological debate amid an economic crisis that threatens the survival of many clubs. With President Javier…
Financial Times US Editor Ed Luce argues that President Donald Trump is declaring a ‘global power vacuum’.
Taliban rules are increasingly restricting women’s lives.
Rami Khouri breaks down the recent clashes in Syria, and looks at what happens when former regime loyalists lose power.
At least 22 people killed as gang violence erupts in Ecuador Rival factions of drug trafficking gang fight over territory in port city of Guayaquil before a presidential election. Women stand on a pavement near the site where people were killed in Guayaquil on Thursday night [Marcos Pin/AFP] Published On 7 Mar 20257 Mar 2025…
Unexploded World War II bomb halts rail services in France, UK, Belgium Eurostar services suspended, and thousands stranded as mine clearance at Gare du Nord station in Paris causes travel chaos. International high-speed Eurostar trains are parked at platforms at the Gare du Nord station in Paris on March 7, 2025, after rails service was…
Ori Goldberg unpacks Israel’s failure in Gaza and its lack of a clear plan for what comes next.
LONG READ California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water The battle for California’s water pitted ranchers against water barons and still echoes today. Power House 1 was built in 1917 above the St Francis Dam for the city of Los Angeles and is still generating power today [Joel P Lugavere/Los Angeles…
Who: India vs New Zealand What: ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final When: Sunday at 1pm (09:00 GMT) Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates After 14 matches and 18 days, the elite one-day international (ODI) men’s competition comprising the world’s top eight teams has whittled down to a battle between the top two…
Nigerian Senate suspends female senator who made sexual harassment claim Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan is suspended for six months after she makes an accusation against Senate President Akpabio. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan [Courtesy of Creative Commons] Published On 7 Mar 20257 Mar 2025 The Nigerian Senate has suspended a female senator after she accused its presiding officer of sexual…