In 1906, Iran was one of the first states in the Middle East to officially to become a democracy. However, in order to secure cheap oil from the country, the US and Britain overthrew progressive Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 and turned Iran into a “pro-Western” dictatorship. In doing so, they also
Since November 2020, a military conflict in the Western Sahara has been boiling up again. The region has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, denying the Sahrawi independence movement the establishment of its own state. The area on the northwest coast of Africa does not – unlike in European conceptions – consist merely
The millions of poor in an enormously rich country can no longer bear to choose between very little and nothing. They have very little to lose. The tax reform proposal of 2021 was the straw that broke the camel’s back. A commentary by the Colombian journalist Hernando Calvo Ospina. Colombia’s system of government
Etica, sostenibilità, green agricolture, formazione, sono elementi determinanti nell’identità della Fondazione Ernesto Illy. L’attenzione alla crescita formativa del “capitale umano”, attraverso la creazione del Master in Economia e Scienza del Caffè, è un chiaro esempio di contributo allo sviluppo della conoscenza. Ospite di questo appuntamento con Bruno Carenini, nella sua rubrica Windows Interview,
Sports have been among the most popular television shows for decades across the globe, and that is still relevant for 2021. Whether it’s football, soccer, basketball or cricket, fans will happily pay a monthly subscription for digital television to watch their favourite sport or team. With the rapid changes in technology over recent
Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford UK prime minister Boris Johnson recently announced a fuzzy blueprint for his “winter plan”, in which further lockdowns and compulsory mask-wearing were not being introduced but could not be ruled out. As an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in complex systems and health policy, it looks to me like the
A four-day week is to be trialled in Scotland – with no loss of pay for workers. A report published in early September makes suggestions on how shorter working hours could be implemented for Scots, drawing on experiences in Iceland and New Zealand. FOLLOWING THE ICELANDIC EXAMPLEIn Scotland, labour shortages in some sectors
If you think older Americans have struggled to cope through the pandemic, think again. According to new research by financial services firm Edward Jones, they have actually been faring far better than their younger counterparts. The Edward Jones and Age Wave Study focused exclusively on how different generations have held up emotionally and
Dall’Europa all’Italia, per conquistare a Milano anche le nuove generazioni. Già presente alle elezioni europee del 2018, Volt è un movimento fondato sui valori della libertà, dell’uguaglianza, dell’equità intergenerazionale, di genere e territoriale, della solidarietà tra e nei popoli e dell’uso sostenibile delle risorse naturali. Volt Italia e, quindi, Volt Milano scendono nell’arena
From December to April, the two countries’ state media outlets pushed fake news online in multiple languages sensationalising vaccine safety concerns, making unfounded links between jabs and deaths in Europe and promoting Russian and Chinese vaccines as superior, the EU study said. The Kremlin and Beijing deny all disinformation allegations by the EU,