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03Apr/23

Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Hichilema of Zambia in Joint Press Conference

April 3, 2023PoliticsAbuja, Africa, Annie Linskey, Beijing, Biden, BlackRock, China, Chris Megerian, Costa Rica, Countries, Donald Trump, Ghana, Hakainde Hichilema, Honorable Madam Kamala Harris, India, John Kennedy, John Lewis, Kamala Harris, Kenneth Kaunda, Lusaka, Martin Luther King, Masauso Mkwayaya, Michael Sata, Netherlands, Nigeria, Presidents of Zambia, Pretoria, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Stephanie Kunda, Tanzania, United States, Vladimir Putin, Washington, Washington, D.C., Zambia, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporationadmin

State House
Lusaka, Zambia

3:37 P.M. CAT

ZAMBIAN OFFICIAL: Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia; Honorable Madam Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States of America; cabinet ministers present from both countries; members of the press; distinguished invited guests; ladies and gentlemen: Welcome to the press conference being held here at State House this afternoon.

And to begin the process, I now have the singular honor and privilege to call upon the President of the Republic of Zambia to deliver his remarks.
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31Jan/23

Ukraine war: attitudes to women in the military are changing as thousands serve on front lines

January 31, 2023Conflict and WarAnna Kvit, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Creative Commons, Hanna Maliar, Invisible Battalion, Jennifer Mathers, Military, Russia, Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Veteran, Women in the military, Women's rights, Yulia Paevskaadmin

Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University and Anna Kvit, UCL

Thousands of women have voluntarily joined Ukraine’s armed forces since 2014, when Russia’s occupation of Crimea and territories in eastern Ukraine began. Over the past nine years, the number of women serving in the Ukrainian military has more than doubled, with another wave of women joining after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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27Jan/23

The spy clause and the end of anonymity

January 27, 2023SecurityAnonymity, Canada, China, Computer networking, Computing, Cryptography, David Kaye, Digital technology, Hamilton, Human rights, Instant messaging, Internet privacy, Iran, Manchester, Mathew Ryder, Phil Bradley-, Rebecca Mackinnon, Russia, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Social networking services, Terms of service, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, Virtual private network, WhatsAppadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

The long, turbulent history of UK’s Online Safety Bill can be traced back to 2017, with the publication of the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. Since then, the proposed legislation has gone through endless revisions, been delayed and, at times, looked like it might be dropped entirely. Continue reading →

13Jan/23

Reclaiming privacy

January 13, 2023SecurityCensorship, Circumvention, Computing, Content-control software, Digital technology, Egypt, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Great Firewall, India, Information and communications technology, Internet censorship, Internet censorship circumvention, Internet privacy, Internet security, Iran, IRanASignalProxy, Mahsa Amini, META, Proxy server, Russia, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Sri Lanka, Tehran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Statesadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

Last week, WhatsApp announced a new proxy support feature that will help people stay connected during internet disruptions. The app is often targeted by government censors because messages on the end-to-end encrypted service can’t be intercepted, enabling people to organise protests and share critical information in private.
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09Jan/23

Global economy 2023: why there will still be plenty of pressure on food prices in the year ahead

January 9, 2023EconomyAgriculture, Argentina, Articles, China, Creative Commons, Egypt, Energy crops, Europe, Famine, Food and drink, Food industry, Food politics, Food prices, Food security, India, Inflation, John Hammond, Moscow, Pakistan, Pricing, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wheat, Yemen, Yiorgos Gadanakisadmin

John Hammond, University of Reading and Yiorgos Gadanakis, University of Reading

Welcome to this special report on the food industry, the fourth instalment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023. It follows recent articles on inflation, energy and the cost of living.

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20Dec/22

World Cup 2022: who won the prize for ‘soft power’?

December 20, 2022EconomyArabian Peninsula, Argentina, Creative Commons, Doha, Emir, Emmanuel Macron, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, France, Geography of Asia, Germany, HYUNDAI, Japan, Jung Kook, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Marie Kondo, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Paul Widdop, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Simon Chadwick, Sofiane Boufal, Soft power, South Korea, Spain, Western Asia, Worldadmin

Simon Chadwick, SKEMA Business School and Paul Widdop, University of Manchester

After four weeks, 64 games and more than a decade of controversy, Argentina has won the Fifa men’s World Cup in Qatar. And as Lionel Messi and his teammates celebrate victory over France, another competition has also reached its conclusion – the battle for “soft power”.

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09Dec/22

What is the Reichsbürger movement accused of trying to overthrow the German government?

December 9, 2022PoliticsAftermath of the Holocaust, Alternative for Germany, Antisemitism, Articles, Austria, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, Claire Burchett, Creative Commons, France, Germany, Heinrich XIII, Holocaust denial, Holocaust studies, Irredentism, Kaiser Wilhelm, Kaiser Wilhelm II, king's college london, Namibia, Neo-Nazism, Poland, Political ideologies, Politics, Reichsbürgerbewegung, Russia, Switzerland, The Holocaust, United Kingdom, United States, West Germany, Wilhelm IIadmin

Claire Burchett, King’s College London

Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.

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01Nov/22

Could Russia collapse?

November 1, 2022Conflict and WarAfghanistan, Awards, Belarus, Boris Yeltsin, Buryats, Chechens, Countries, Creative Commons, Dagestanis, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Ingush, Iraq, Kadyrovtsy, Kazakhstan, Kiril Stremousov, Matthew Sussex, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, Nikolai Patrushev, Oleksandr Lapin, Orders, decorations, and medals, Ramzan Kadyrov, Responsibility for the Russo-Georgian War, Rome, Russia, Russia–United States relations, Russian Ruble, Sergei Kiriyenko, Sergei Shoigu, Sergei Sobyanin, Soviet Union, St Petersburg, Tuvans, Tuzla Island conflict, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam, Vladimir Putinadmin

Matthew Sussex, Australian National University

Among the many questions asked about Russia’s disastrous war against Ukraine, one of them is posed only very rarely: can Russia survive what seems increasingly likely to be a humiliating defeat at the hands of its smaller neighbour?

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27Oct/22

The whole world is facing a debt crisis – but richer countries can afford to stop it

October 27, 2022EconomyArgentina, Asian financial crisis, Austerity, China, Creative Commons, Debt, Debt relief, Economy, Egypt, Financial crises, Financial crisis, Foreign exchange reserves, Ghana, International macroeconomics, International Monetary Fund, Kenya, Pakistan, Patrick E. Shea, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, SHUTTERSTOCK, Sri Lanka, Stock market crashes, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Development Group, United States, Zambiaadmin

Patrick E. Shea, University of Glasgow

Countries across the world are drifting towards a debt crisis. Economic slowdowns and rising inflation have increased demands on spending, making it almost impossible for many governments to pay back the money they owe.

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26Oct/22

Four scenarios for a world in disorder

October 26, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Antony Blinken, Australia, Barack Obama, Beijing, Berlin, Brazil, Cambridge, China, Countries, Creative Commons, David Bach, Donald Trump, G20 nations, Geography of Asia, Germany, Giorgia Meloni, Greece, Hungary, Inflation, Iran, Italy, Jair Bolsonaro, James Bond, Japan, John Hopkins, Member states of the United Nations, Mussolini, North Korea, Paul Volcker, Pierre Olivier Gourinchas, Political economy, Populism, Richard Nixon, Rio Tinto, Roberto Stefan Foa, Russia, Soviet Union, Stagflation, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, Unemployment, United States, Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin, Washington, World, Xi Jinping, Yaschaadmin

David Bach, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent speech to the Communist Party Congress could be one of the most consequential of the decade. He told the audience – and the world – that his economic growth-crushing zero-COVID policy is here to stay, and that Beijing is more determined than ever to reunify with Taiwan, peacefully if possible and by force if necessary.

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