The Russo–Ukrainian Civil War
The war between Russia and Ukraine is not an ordinary conflict between two states. The men (and women) across the trenches speak the same language, share the same traditions, and their faces also look very similar.
Sea levels 6 feet higher by the centuries end? To some it doesn’t sound as bad as it actually is. So the beaches will be a kilometer inland they might say, there’s plenty of land isn’t there? We can adapt to it, can’t we? Well there’s a ...
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]t would seem that President Putin may have blinked in the face of pressure from the West today. After meeting with OSCE Chairman and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, Putin suddenly announced that he was “asking” separatist forces in Don...
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he good people over at Forbes Magazine have been astute enough to see that what is going on with “that Wu-tang again” is potentially a game changer. In march they broke the story that stored inside a hand-carved nickel-silver ...
“Italy is the only country in Europe to boast a systematic, publicly organised and sponsored network of ghettos aimed at depriving Roma of full participation or even contact or interaction with Italian life,” the European Roma Rights Centre wrote in their report from...
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]ome years ago, in the North-Western part of London, I encountered a beggar. She was a white, clean and healthy looking woman in her 40’s. Not one I would take for a beggar. She told me her husband had died some months ago and that she had...
[dropcap size=big]Y[/dropcap]ear of the Rayza is as diverse lyrically as it is musically. Laden with rich samples, rhythmical vocals and a lot to discuss over 17 tracks, Prophet Rayza presents the Australian Hip-Hop community with a benchmark for 2014. Following a f...