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Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Felle, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway Taljat David/Shutterstock The sudden departure of the BBC’s director general and head of news marks a moment of real consequence for British public service broadcasting. Tim Davie and Deborah Turness’s resignations followed controversy over an inaccurately edited…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew White, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King’s College London Vera Harly/Shutterstock Spotify is haemorrhaging artists. In the last few months alone a handful of indie bands have exited the streaming platform. If that includes some of your favourite musicians,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Conor Meehan, Associate Professor of Microbial Bioinformatics, Nottingham Trent University The UK’s flu season is already well underway. simona pilolla 2/ Shutterstock Flu season has got off to an early start this year in the UK – with cases spiking weeks earlier than in previous years.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation bear_productions/Shutterstock Since the 1960s, scientists have been developing and honing models to understand how the earth’s climate is changing. These models help predict the phenomena that accompany that change, such as stronger storms, rising sea levels and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Veronika Hinman, Deputy Director, Portsmouth Military Education Team, University of Portsmouth The EU is considering a range of options as it tries to work out how to continue to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia. There are three mechanisms presently under consideration. One is using Russia’s frozen…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Dover, Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull In recent weeks, Donald Trump’s supporters have begun to align around the idea that a Democrat-led “grand conspiracy” – potentially involving former president Barack Obama – has been plotting against the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham The latest corruption scandal that has engulfed Ukraine could not have come at a worse time or in a more delicate sector of the economy for the increasingly embattled government of Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine’s military is now…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, City St George’s, University of London Iraqis went to the polls on November 11 to vote in parliamentary elections. Preliminary results put the coalition of Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in the lead. But no bloc has won anything close…