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For over half a century, the United Kingdom and Mauritius have heatedly debated the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. Located in the Indian Ocean, about 500 kilometres south of Maldives, the Islands have been subject to severe encroachments on their sovereignty since 1965, when the UK and Mauritius made a
International News
A court in the western German city of Münster has ruled that the electric utility company RWE must indefinitely postpone its planned clearing of the 200-hectare (500-acre) Hambach forest, which has been a battleground between environmental activists and police for six years. Following a lawsuit brought by BUND, the German
International News
Since 2016, the Aquarius search and rescue vessel, chartered by SOS Méditerranée and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has been operating in hazardous Mediterranean waters between Libya and Italy. Over the past two years, it has rescued almost 30,000 people. However, according to the Guardian, ‘the Aquarius is the last
International News
Vocational training centres for Uighur Muslims have been written into the legislation of the Chinese region of Xinjiang. According to estimates cited by the UN there are approximately a million Uighur Muslims who have been forcibly interned in these centres. However, the governor of the Xinjiang region, Shohrat Zakir, quoted
International News
On the 6th of September 2018, section 377 (which criminalises consensual sexual activity between members of the same sex) of the Indian Penal Code was declared to be unconstitutional, by justice Indu Malhotra. The section was first drafted in 1830 by Thomas Macaulay, who was Secretary to the board of
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On the 24th of September, the Welfare and Campaigns Co-President Jess resigned from their role through an email sent to the entire student body. Following Jess’ sudden resignation, the Students’ Union (SU) released a statement, writing that Jess ‘had not discussed this decision with us, and it came as a
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A Sunday Times investigation from August 2017 alleged that many top UK universities are discriminating against British fee status students as the universities seek to attract more international students and their higher fee rates, going so far as to accept those with poorer qualifications. SOAS management’s increasing admission of
International News
As the results of 3 years and 6,000 studies carried out by 90 researchers from 44 different countries, unveiled, in Incheon, South Korea, the brief immediately arose the readers’ interests, not much due to its scientific revolutionary content, but rather for its novel focus on behavioural change and its
International News
The UN has issued a warning that the number of Yemenis in danger of starving by December, has risen from 8.4 million to 18.4 million. Yemen, since 2015, has been in the grip of a civil war fuelled by foreign intervention. The war is between the Saudi backed
Brexit
The Story So Far * 23 January 2013 – Former Prime Minister David Cameron expresses his support for an in/out referendum regarding the UK’s EU membership. * 7 May 2015 – Cameron wins the general election with a manifesto promise to hold a referendum. * 23 June 2016 – Referendum day. 51.9% vote
Trigger/Content Warning: this article discusses sexual violence and the justice system. The past few weeks have felt like a toxic haze for me where I have been unable to escape the bombardment of news stories, personal accounts and constant thoughts about sexual violence. There are a couple of reasons
culture
“The world’s FIRST concept based Nigerian takeaway”. Atmosphere: 4/5 Cultured. Classy. Clean. This Hackney takeaway is small and sleek. What immediately stands out about this takeaway is attention to detail – a conscious effort was clearly made to integrate Nigerian culture into every element of the place. Artwork, quotes