Daylight Savings Time has been in use since the 1900s, but has now become the center of a heated debate, as many regions move to cease its practice.
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
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Women of NASA: The Journey to the First All-Female Spacewalk
The journey to the first all-female spacewalk has ushered in a new era of diversity in space exploration. But it has also highlighted the discrimination that pursued the past women of NASA.
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The Liaison Between Racism and English Football Fans
Racism has long been a noticeable problem connected to English football fans. Recently, those allegations have resurfaced.
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The History of Halloween: 2000 Years in the Making
Spanning over 2000 years of traditions, the history of Halloween is richer than that of the commercialised American customs which are commonly portrayed on TV.
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One Country, Two Systems: Surging Protests in Hong Kong Clash with China’s 70th Anniversary Parades
A comprehensive guide to the Hong Kong protests.
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London Sees Bloodiest Year Since Records Begin
The number of stabbings recorded in England and Wales in 2018 was the highest since records began. London was the city with the highest number of fatalities.
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Changes in Rodent Perception Fuelling Rat Explosion in Southern Germany
You'd never find someone calling a rat cute or a champion of French cuisine before Ratatouille. With one 2007 Pixar movie, they changed from disease ridden, unhygienic street vermin into the new go-to pet for a kiddy's Christmas present.
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Banning Internet Porn Won’t Stop People Watching it
Browsing the internet in the not too distant future, we may begin to come across bulky virtual bouncers asking for ID. They’ll be hired by the UK Government and will block the main thing the internet was made for...online porn.
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Do Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
The North Korean rumour mill is churning with whispers that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners could be two of the most controversial politicians to grace the world stage.
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Revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship is a grave injustice
The news that Shamima Begum, the Bethnal Green schoolgirl who left Britain to join Islamic State, will have her citizenship revoked has been met with jubilation in some quarters.
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The True Cost of the Death Penalty
Last month, City welcomed Ken Light, a social documentary photographer whose striking collection, Texas Death Row, gives a haunting insight into the American penal system. Last year 13 men were put to death in Texas, a figure amounting to more than half of the people executed in the entire country.
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Iranian officials ban dog-walking in public spaces
Iranian dogs and their owners are suffering, largely due to President Donald Trump re-establishing sanctions on Iran’s oil industry. In an attempt to de-westernize society, the conservative government issued a ban on dog walking last week.