Following the royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Caribbean, the British monarchy has faced increasing doubts over its future. The tour, which took place between and, was intended to mark the year of Queen Elizabeth II platinum jubilee and raise support for the royal family in a region where republicanism…
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Macron wins another term in French Election
Emmanuel Macron will serve another five years as France’s president after victory over far-right Marine Le Pen. The centrist Macron won by 58.55% to Le Pen’s 41.45%, a larger margin than expected but Le Pen nevertheless secured the far right’s highest share of the vote. Ms Le Pen has described the significant voting gain as…
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Global Investigates: The growth of pride
In July 1969 hundreds of New York’s LGBTQ+ community clashed with police in a week-long riot in the Greenwich Village area following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a mafia owned bar known to be frequented by LGBTQ+ people. Now known as the Stonewall riot, it marked a watershed moment in the fight for…
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US could loosen opioid prescription rules amid drug crisis
America’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering relaxing some restrictions on the prescription of opioids for chronic pain conditions. On 10 February, the CDC released a proposal that would change current restrictions on dosage limits for those suffering from acute pain. Restrictions were first put in place in 2016 to combat the…
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Cuba leads in number of women inventors
New data from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has ranked Cuba the highest for patent applications by women inventors whilst the UK falls behind the rest of Europe. Cuba and the Philippines ranked highest for the number of patents filed by women inventors in 20221. 53 percent of applications from Cuba and 38 percent…
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Police break up Canadian protests
Canada’s parliament was closed whilst police began arresting Ottawa protestors who have blockaded the capital city for weeks. Hundreds of heavily armoured police were deployed on 18 February to arrest members of the protestors who have occupied the city with trucks in protest of Canada’s ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The Freedom Convoy’s Twitter account urged protests…
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Coup in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s military has announced the removal of president Roch Marc Kaboré, the suspension of the constitution, and the dissolvement of the government and parliament In a statement signed by coup leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the military announced the national takeover by the previously unknown group Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR)….
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Global Investigates: Then and now – what did the world look like 30 years ago?
January 2022 welcomes a new year full of hope for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, ambitious goals to cap global warming, and marks Concrete’s 30th Birthday. First published in 1992, this issue marks our 384th publication. In those 30 years, the world has changed drastically, countries have collapsed and new countries formed, global tensions…
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Indonesia names new Capital city
Indonesia has announced plans to name the new capital city Nusantara.This translates to archipelago, which replaces the sinking and polluted current capital Jakarta. Plans to relocate the country’s capital city were first announced in 2019 by President Joko Widodo in a bid to relieve the burden on over-populated Jakarta and to redistribute the country’s wealth….
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