Across the developed world, birth rates are collapsing. Japan, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Germany, and much of the English-speaking West are now well below replacement level with some countries facing outright demographic contraction. […]
For nearly two millennia, Christianity has been woven into the fabric of the Middle East. Long before Europe adopted the religion, ancient churches flourished from Jerusalem to Damascus, Antioch, Mosul and Alexandria. Today, those communities are […]
Most people assume the number of countries in the world is a matter of fact – 195, 197 or 193 depending on which trivia book they memorised. But under any kind of […]
Governments worldwide are rushing to implement AI systems to save time and money. Invariably, pitches are centred around efficiency increases such as smarter policing, faster queues and cleaner fraud detection. But the […]