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Zulu monarchy: how royal women have asserted their agency and power throughout history

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

The passing away of South Africa’s Zulu king Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu in March 2021 refocused attention on the role of royal women in Zulu leadership. A...

07 Octubre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jill E. Kelly y Liz Timbs

Liz Truss, mid-speech. PA Images | Alamy

Liz Truss: what her Conservative party conference speech revealed

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

The stakes could not have been higher as Liz Truss delivered her first party conference speech as prime minister. Against a backdrop of economic chaos...

06 Octubre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Paula Keaveney

Tracey Rose ahead of her mid-career retrospective in Cape Town. Photo courtesy Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art

Tracey Rose, renegade South African artist: understanding her 30 years of outrage

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

When an artist is welcomed into the monumental interiors of a structure such as the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa for a retrospective of the...

05 Octubre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Sanya Osha

Life in the firing zone in Masafer Yatta, the Palestinian territory where people have lived in caves for generations

(Tiempo de lectura: 9 - 18 minutos)

The people of Masafer Yatta are determined to hold on to their cave-dwelling lifestyle. “I was born in this cave and gave birth to all 12 of my childr...

04 Octubre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Aurélie Bröckerhoff - Mahmoud Soliman

Men hold up protest signs in front of the coffins of DRC refugees killed in August 2004 in Gatumba, Burundi. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Burundi’s Gatumba massacre offers a window into the past and future of the DRC conflict

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. Millions of people have been killed and an estimated ...

03 Octubre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Christopher P. Davey

Liz Truss: are the Conservatives facing an electoral meltdown?

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

The Conservative party is heading into its annual conference amid the catastrophic fallout from Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. The decision ...

01 Octubre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Paul Whiteley

The new Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline connects Norwegian natural gas fields in the North Sea with Denmark and Poland, offering an alternative to Russian gas. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Why is Russia sending oil and gas workers to fight in Ukraine? It may signal more energy cutoffs ahead

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 8 minutos)

Russia’s effort to conscript 300,000 reservists to counter Ukraine’s military advances in Kharkiv has drawn a lot of attention from military and polit...

30 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Amy Myers Jaffe

Downed powerlines can mean weeks without power. Tony Webster via Flickr, CC BY-ND

Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

Hurricane Ian’s catastrophic winds and flooding are likely to bring long-lasting power outages to large parts of Florida. The storm is the latest in a...

29 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Will Gorman, Bentham Paulos, Galen Barbose

Will Keir Starmer lead Labour back into government? The view from the party conference in Liverpool

(Tiempo de lectura: 2 - 4 minutos)

Keir Starmer, the next British prime minister? A cautiously optimistic mood prevails at this year’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Yet hope is ...

28 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Jonathan Tonge

Chinese stars Xie Na, far right, and Huang Xiaoming, second from left, were among those reposting the ‘One China’ message. VCG via Getty Images

How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing ‘One China’ messages to millions of fans online

(Tiempo de lectura: 4 - 7 minutos)

The Chinese government has a new ally when it comes to pushing its official line on Taiwan: celebrities. Tension over the status of the island, which...

27 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Dan Chen and Gengsong Gao

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Morale problem: anti-mobilisation protesters are reportedly being given their draft papers after being arrested., EPA-EFE/Maxim Shipenkov

Ukraine war: mobilisation and forced conscription shows the failure of Russia’s inflexible ‘continental’ mindset

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation follows Russia’s strategic and operational failures in Ukraine. It also confirms the Kremlin’s...

26 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Basil Germond

Malgré ses racines fascistes, le parti Fratelli d’Italia (Frères d’Italie) de Giorgia Meloni, ici entourée de Silvio Berlusconi et Matteo Salvini, a vu sa popularité augmenter rapidement à l’approche des élections législatives du 25 septembre. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Élections en Italie : l’extrême droite pourrait prendre le pouvoir, une première depuis Mussolini

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Appelés aux urnes le 25 septembre prochain, les Italiens éliront leur 70ᵉ gouvernement en 76 ans depuis la fondation de la république en 1946.

24 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Julian Campisi

The first Mrs T in 1980. PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo

Why Liz Truss is no Margaret Thatcher when it comes to the economy

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 5 minutos)

The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has made no secret of her admiration of her late predecessor, Margaret Thatcher. However, anyone expecting a s...

23 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Craig Berry

Giorgia Meloni, ici en meeting à Milan le 11 septembre 2022, est la grande favorite au poste de première ministre. Piero Cruciatti/AFP

En Italie, la victoire annoncée de l'extrême droite

(Tiempo de lectura: 3 - 6 minutos)

Lors des dernières élections législatives italiennes, tenues en mars 2018, les «Fratelli d'Italia» ont recueilli à peine 4,4 % des voix. Quatre ans et...

22 Septiembre 2022
Publicado en Babel
Escrito por Martin J Bull

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Zulu monarchy: how royal women have asserted their agency and power throughout history

Liz Truss: what her Conservative party conference speech revealed

Tracey Rose, renegade South African artist: understanding her 30 years of outrage

Life in the firing zone in Masafer Yatta, the Palestinian territory where people have lived in caves for generations

Burundi’s Gatumba massacre offers a window into the past and future of the DRC conflict

Liz Truss: are the Conservatives facing an electoral meltdown?

Why is Russia sending oil and gas workers to fight in Ukraine? It may signal more energy cutoffs ahead

Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?

Will Keir Starmer lead Labour back into government? The view from the party conference in Liverpool

How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing ‘One China’ messages to millions of fans online

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Ukraine war: mobilisation and forced conscription shows the failure of Russia’s inflexible ‘continental’ mindset

Élections en Italie : l’extrême droite pourrait prendre le pouvoir, une première depuis Mussolini

Why Liz Truss is no Margaret Thatcher when it comes to the economy

En Italie, la victoire annoncée de l'extrême droite

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