COMMENT

This is not a photo, but AI can pretend it is

— AI is now able to generate photo-realistic images of human hands. It can now take images like photos and make them realistically detailed. With this new technique, the possibilities of what AI can do are endless.

COMMENT

‘Dear Rishi’ – The code words of British politics

— Britain’s political landscape is full of coded language, where words and phrases mean something entirely different to the public than to those in power. They carefully craft their language with purpose, speaking in a way that will be understood, not necessarily heard.

COMMENT

Brexit Britain: Grow-your-own-salad country vs start-up nation

— What’s a sustainable ambition for Brexit Britain? Not to become a start-up nation but to grow your own salad.

OPINION

The first Leopard tank arrived in Kyiv

— Ukraine is struggling to confront two pressing threats: a Russian invasion and corruption within its own military. It’s essential they take action against both of these challenges.

COMMENT

Ukraine’s defence ministry corruption reshuffle marks a painful moment in an agonising war

— Ukraine faces a tough challenge with its top official’s shuffle and military food purchases reportedly going at highly inflated prices while the nation is at war.

COMMENT

Are you ready for Boiled Raisin Cake as the Ukraine war drags on?

— With no sign of Russia ending its hideous war in Ukraine, are we facing a return to rationing times?

COMMENT

So Boris Johnson’s comeback trail, like that of Liz Truss, runs through Washington, DC?

— There is a section of the Tories that doesn’t view bipartisanship as important in the relationship with America. There lies a perilous path.

COMMENT

Truss, who lost longevity battle to a lettuce, is on a comeback trail through Washington, DC

— During her trip to America, Liz Truss was happy to be cheered by some Republicans who want Trussonomics-style uber-neo-liberalism.

Women in Politics

Is Jacinda Ardern’s short sharp goodbye a template or a telling sign of the times?

— Did the hatefulness drive Jacinda Ardern from office and out of politics? Why would the mother of a 5-year-old want to be the focus of a storm of crazed commentary and calls to action? Is walking away an act of bravery or the acknowledgement you can’t hack it?

COMMENT

The 2023 election calendar has some big ones

— New year, new election cycles with 2023 seeing five key races: Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, and Argentina.

Brazil

At Lula’s inauguration, did Bolsonaro ‘eat the last cannibal’?

— When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, widely known as Lula, assumed the Brazilian presidency on New Year’s Day 2023, his predecessor had already created an element of something called ‘eating the cannibal’.

Christmas

Christmas should be cancelled in December and moved to February 7

— Why Christmas comes too soon after Thanksgiving.

COMMENT

Britain is failing the Aid and Reconstruction Complex

— What if a country has made such a series of catastrophic decisions that it cannot afford to help people in other parts of the world or protect the planet anymore?

COMMENT

Britain and Belgium: Asylum crises as Albania slams the UK ‘madhouse’

— Most people who cross the English Channel leave their homes in search of a better life, freedom, respect, or a decent, assured income. But countries comply differently with their international obligations towards refugees.

UK Politics

Suella Braverman’s colour-coded stance... all red, white and blue

— Suella Braverman’s contentious declaration that southern England is facing an “invasion” of illegal immigrants, one of the oldest othering tropes in the book, was rightly met with a barrage of criticism this week. Rashmee Roshan Lall explains why.

COMMENT

Liz Truss’s government spewed hate about everyone, including tofu-eating people like me

— Spewing hate about everyone, including tofu-eaters like me, is neither a strategy nor a solution to climate action activists’ disruptive tactics, Rashmee Roshan Lall writes.