Wishing you all the best for the coming year!

Technology can be seen as the cornerstone of our civilization. Indeed, many regard technology as one of the defining elements of human progress. But like everything, technological innovations have a downside: new technology can have a profound (and negative) impact on the environment, on the way we behave and on society as a whole.

The history of the Catholic Church has always been rich in controversy and scandal. As a political force, the church is a powerful and intrinsically undemocratic institution with a fair amount of influence in international politics; as a religious institution, it continues to influence the lives of millions of people on a daily basis.

Every year we dump a massive 2.12 billion tons of waste. 99 percent of the stuff we buy is trashed within 6 months.

Social media have a profound impact on our lives. They have not only changed how we communicate and how we interact, they also play an ever-increasing role in politics. On the downside, spreading fake news can be used to manipulate elections, and authoritarian regimes are increasingly embracing social media as a way to control and monitor people. On the upside, social media has allowed popular uprisings to spread further and faster than ever.

Yet another variant of concern has emerged. The newest mutation of the coronavirus is named Omicron.

We are becoming more and more dependent on digital technology. Can we still live without?

Thousands of people are stranded at the border with Poland, enduring freezing conditions in the hope of crossing into the EU, caught in a political game between Belarus and Europe.

The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Yeah, right...

Facebook changes its name to Meta.

Lady Justice is frequently used by cartoonists to show justice, or (even more often) injustice.

The Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over the past seven decades. The Church prioritized the protection of the institution over survivors, who were urged to stay silent.

Pandora papers: the biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful.

A lack of lorry drivers to deliver goods has lead to fuel shortages and shortages in supermarkets and other stores across the UK.

AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, announced on 15 September 2021, causing a diplomatic row between France and Australia over a broken submarine contract.