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Image description: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Doha, Qatar, cite of US-Taliban peace talks In an historic moment, the United States signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. The move ends a conflict that had raged bitterly for the better part of two decades. Nearly five thousand troops are set to exit […]
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Image Description: Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally. The race for the Democratic Presidential primaries is still wide open, yet until last week there seemed to be a frontrunner for the nomination, certainly in terms of delegate count. Firstly Iowa, then New Hampshire, and then Nevada had fallen under this wave of support for […]
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Image description: Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio A senior cabinet member of a government calls on citizens to protest against his own government. It seems fictional, yet it is unfortunately the most recent episode of the Sitcom of Italian politics, with Luigi Di Maio, the resigning leader of the Five Star Movement, and Minister […]
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Image description: Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Fein A Prime Minister calls a snap election, taking a tough line on Britain’s exit from the European Union, thinking voters will coalesce around him, yet majestically fails. This time it is not the dismal decline of Theresa May in 2017, but that of the Irish Taoiseach, […]
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Image description: French President Macron The recent killing of Iran’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani by US airstrikes sent shockwaves throughout the world. By the time European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued her delayed appeal for calm, most European leaders had already reacted to the crisis. The UK’s condemnation of the “aggressive threat” […]
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Image description: Mother and child smiling at each other With Veganuary only barely over and Donald Trump’s attack on Greta ‘prophet-of-doom’ Thunberg in Davos still ringing in our ears, it is impossible to forget our duty to treat the environment with respect. This is all the truer for those who have passed St. John’s […]
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Image description: Pete Buttigieg, candidate for the Democratic nominee for President. The state of Iowa is home to little over 3 million (of America’s 330 million) citizens. It is over 90% white (compared to around 60% nationally), significantly older and about 15% more rural than the country as a whole. Despite this, Obama described winning […]
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Image description: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Boris Johnson’s government recently decided to reject the overtures of the US and allow Chinese technology giant Huawei to contribute on Britain’s 5G infrastructure. At first, I had mixed feelings. Yes, of course, there were the security concerns. Could […]
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Image description: Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed As the West continues to bicker over Brexit and impeachment, events in Africa are developing in an increasingly sinister fashion. Perhaps some cynics will overlook this issue. They may point out that conflicts in Africa (or indeed anywhere) over resources are not new. This time feels more […]
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Image Description: Democratic Candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden Regardless of one’s political opinion, this year’s Iowa Caucuses were an unmitigated disaster, symptomatic of an outdated, and antiquated system of voting. Caucuses are quite frankly undemocratic, and were the main reason for the grotesque chaos of the past few days, with the Iowa Democratic […]
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The United Kingdom must lead mediation Qasem Soleimani is no martyr. To lament his death would be to turn a blind eye on the fact that, as highlighted by PM Boris Johnson, he had ‘British blood on his hands’. Mr. Johnson, however, fails at accurately displaying the sheer barbarity of Mr. Soleimani’s actions while serving […]
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Image description: Qasem Soleimani International co-operation is the only solution Boris Johnson’s government is right to offer cautious support to the U.S. over the Iran issue, but moving forward we must seek an international solution to promote peace across the wider region of the Middle East. It is, of course, important to recognise that the […]
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A group of Oxford students joined an international show of solidarity against the violence that broke out on Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) campus on the 5th of January, where a group of masked men attacked students and university staff, injuring thirty-four people in total. The attack follows a protest by more than one hundred JNU […]
Continue ReadingOver 50 people turned out in the pouring rain last Saturday, 9th November, to mark the passing of 150 days since the first protests in Hong Kong, and to show their solidarity for the cause. Protesters held posters with the well-known slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” and gave out leaflets to passers-by, […]
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Recently, a spate of cases from the Home Office have cropped up involving academics being threatened with deportation or having their or their children’s visas rejected. This has doubtless caused significant emotional and psychological turbulence for these academics, but we might go deeper and ask: Why now, are there so many patently unfair decisions being […]
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On the 14th of October 2019, the Supreme Court of Spain sentenced 9 Catalan nationalist leaders to between 9 and 13 years of imprisonment for sedition and misuse of public funds, with 3 others sentenced for disobedience without prison time. This sentence, which had been anticipated since the October 2017 illegal referendum, has sparked violent […]
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Image Description: Pollution being emitted from factory chimneys Last year, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that we only have 10 years to avoid irreversible damage from climate change. Last week, world leaders failed to answer UN secretary-general Guterres’ request for renewable industry plans. This inaction is the reason why six million […]
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Exams are a stressful time for many, but for some Hong Kong students at Oxford, they have proved particularly difficult. Jessica, who studies at the University, told me that her friend had to take his papers whilst his relatives were embroiled in the pro-democracy protests back home. “His family members were in the front-line. They […]
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As a queer person in 2019, it’s important to know your privilege. We live in a country with hugely progressive laws on same-sex relationships, and the demonstrations that were once riots for our ancestors are now parades for us. In the July 2017 National LGBT Survey, more than 50% of respondents reported feel comfortable with […]
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