Welcome to “News of the Week.” Today, we’ll explore Threads, the innovative social media platform developed by Meta, praised by Mark Zuckerberg as a “friendly” alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter. Threads allows text-based conversations with posts up to 500 characters, integrating seamlessly with Instagram. It has gained popularity, attracting millions of users, including
Europe is set to counterbalance the burgeoning sway of the Kremlin in Africa, following the unsuccessful insurrection by the Wagner group, casting a shadow over its forthcoming role in the region. The private militia under Yevgeny Prigozhin’s command has provided military training and waged wars against rebels on behalf of autocratic governments, since
Natalie Hodgson, University of Nottingham The Court of Appeal has ruled against the UK government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, adding a significant legal hurdle to the prime minister Rishi Sunak’s promise to “stop the boats”. Under the migration partnership announced in April 2022, the UK government could send people to
Natalya Chernyshova, Queen Mary University of London For Vladimir Putin, the abortive Wagner Group coup has been a humiliating affair that exposed his lack of control over military units ostensibly fighting for Russia. It was an episode that the Russian president is unlikely to forgive in a hurry. But for the Belarusian dictator,
Tracey German, King’s College London Even in such a fast-moving war, still some events have the ability to surprise. The decision by Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to launch an apparent coup attempt, leading his troops into Russia, where he occupied the military HQ in Rostov and was heading towards Moscow, appeared to
Title: No Ordinary Day Author: Matt Johnson “No Ordinary Day” is a literary masterpiece that unravels a gripping tale of political scandal hidden behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history. Endorsed by renowned authors and experts in the field, this book by Matt Johnson captures the essence of espionage, betrayal,
Shutterstock / gopixa Nuria Oliver, Universidad de Alicante; Bernhard Schölkopf, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Florence d’Alché-Buc, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom; Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi, University of Milan; Sepp Hochreiter, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and Serge Belongie, University of Copenhagen Over the past few months, artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the global conversation
by Maya Srikrishnan, Center for Public Integrity The ability of millions of Americans to make ends meet hinges on how we measure poverty. But the “how” may shift after a national panel recommended changes to one of the Census Bureau’s poverty measures. Designing a fair and accurate measure is no simple matter. It’s
Social media trolls have become a dangerous and often unavoidable part of our online lives. They bully, lie, and try to confuse social media users, and some are even paid to do so. While they may seem like a mere annoyance, they have the ability to influence opinion on some of the world’s
The vast multinational search for the missing submersible ended after pieces of it were found on the ocean floor, 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic. A vast multinational search for five people who had descended to view the wreckage of the sunken R.M.S. Titanic ended on Thursday after pieces of the