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“Please don’t let it be a Muslim”: an interview on Islamophobia and racism after last summer’s events in the UK
On July 29 2024 in Southport, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was arrested after repeatedly stabbing three little girls as they left a Taylor...
Esther Wolff
Feb 19, 2025


CC - Backpacking with the elements
For Wiccans, travel isn’t just about seeing new places: it’s about feeling them, understanding them, and letting them shape you. The...
Clémence Bernard
Feb 17, 2025
Sunday Summary - 16th of February 2025
Another week of 2025 is coming to an end (already!), and with it comes the Diplomat’s weekly news recap. In today’s Sunday Summary, we’ll...
Léa Besnard
Feb 16, 2025


Love is For The Ones Who Love the Work
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 15, 2025


Ethiopia’s Strategic Pursuit of Water and Maritime Access Through Somalia
The Horn of Africa is witnessing new unrest as Ethiopia seeks access to water and port facilities through Somalia. Ethiopia’s move, the...
Jules Boelens
Feb 13, 2025


FashionClash: The art/tech/research nexus: Making sense of fashion through the eyes of an Arts, Science and Technology Studies student
For the rest of the world, life goes on as usual. Women and men, sitting together at round café tables, sipping coffee and chatting about...
Carolina Scheuch
Feb 12, 2025


China’s Solar Oceans
On a sweat-inducing, sweltering day last summer I landed in Shanghai. It had been a long time coming. Since high school, I had wanted to...
Jaap Steunenberg
Feb 11, 2025


Silent Suffering: China's hidden grasp on Hong Kong
When I was planning my solo trip to the mountains this year, I had no idea I would meet this inspiring Hong Kong citizen along the way...
Patrycja Tobola
Feb 10, 2025
Sunday Summary - 9th of February 2025
Dear readers, to all those who follow the news day and night, here is the summary of Sunday 9 February, always rich in major events,...
Jade Thiebaut
Feb 9, 2025


The Gaza Ceasefire : 3 Stages for 1 Lasting Peace
On January 15, 2025, after 15 brutal months of conflict, a temporary ceasefire deal was finally reached between Israel and Gaza...
Emma Larrue
Feb 7, 2025


All You Need to Know About the California Wildfires
In January 2025, Southern California experienced unprecedented wildfires, most destructively the Palisades and Eaton fires . The...
Sena Gonel
Feb 5, 2025


Germany: Stop Playing With Fire
At exactly 12 PM on January 29 , the German parliament gathered in Berlin for a memorial service in honour of the Holocaust victims. The...
Jule Frank
Feb 4, 2025
Sunday Summary - 2nd of February 2025
World news these days is abundant and reads a bit like lyrics to Billy Joel's masterclass: We didn't start the fire It was always burning...
Jakob Aufenberg
Feb 2, 2025


CC - the Untold story of Sukkwan Island
Last semester I decided it was time for me to get back into reading. So I looked into the big pile of my procrastination bookshelf, saw...
Head Editor - Sarah Hourquet
Feb 1, 2025


Tech titans to tech tyrants: The remarkable journey of tech entrepreneurs to the heart of power
“I believe the former president should be responsible for his words, and the people who broke the law should be responsible for their...
Zeteny Jakab
Jan 31, 2025


UNSA: A Platform for Opportunity An Interview with Darko Petrovic
"UNSA is a platform for opportunity," says Darko Petrovic, founder of the UN Student Association Maastricht. The existence of this...
Patricie Svobodová
Jan 30, 2025


How to Bring Down a Tyranny: Lessons from South Africa to Palestine
A few days ago, I watched a documentary at Lumière titled Ernest Cole, Lost and Found , which explored the brutal history of Apartheid in...
Léa Besnard
Jan 27, 2025
Sunday Summary – 26th January 2025
Dear readers, it is officially the last Sunday of the first month of the year! And what a week it has been for our American friends, as...
Emma Larrue
Jan 26, 2025


The Trial of Luigi Mangione and the American HealthCare System
On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...
Elena Bovée
Jan 23, 2025


A Tiny Hole Has Appeared in China’s Great Firewall
‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...
Jaap Steunenberg
Jan 22, 2025
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