A pro-Palestine mob attacked a professor and a student who tried to defend him after they stormed his classroom during a lecture because he criticised his university’s anti-Israel stance. Rino Casella, a political science lecturer at the University of Pisa, was kicked and punched as he was delivering a law class on Tuesday after he […]

It has been a week now since Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and I have to admit that I could not have predicted the impact that this one political act would have had.  Sure, I knew Kirk had a following. I certainly was very aware of his work, but I […]

The Saudi Vision 2030 and the Chinese Belt & Road Initiative join forces. In an era when regional multilateral deals are stalling, China and Saudi Arabia are seemingly forging an alternative path, choosing a more streamlined route defined by the convergence of ambition, infrastructure, and mutual need. At the heart of this agreement is the […]

IT’S hard to be creative with modern smartphone design. There’s only so much you can do with a rectangle. Yet somehow Apple has managed it with the ludicrously thin iPhone Air, a first for Apple. I’ve been using Apple’s “thinnest-ever” mobile in secret over the past week. And yes, it really is very impressive. 10 […]

Many of us are itching to get into the garden now the weather is a little cooler. Autumn is a great time to plan and plant for next year, but it is easy to be a bit too enthusiastic, or to focus on the wrong things.  If you want to get your garden looking glorious […]