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Life Over 1.5°C: The Emissions Gap Report 2024 Explained
Picture this: it is the year 2100, and you are a European Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ), a small bird with an orange throat that can be...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Nov 6, 2024


The intriguing promise of the White Gold.
Dawn on the Salar. Under a burning sun, turning skin into sunburnt remnants, in no time lies a treasure attracting gold diggers and...
Jakob Aufenberg
Nov 5, 2024


Bridging Currents: Navigating Water Cooperation in the MENA region
In a region where rivers are lifelines, and scarcity breeds tension, the struggle for accessible water has become just as prevalent as...
Mark Sijtsma
Nov 4, 2024


Sunday Summary - 3rd November 2024: The Final Countdown
Life in the 2020s increasingly feels like we are always barrelling towards some kind of end, holding our breaths, and this week was no...
Mahault Etienne
Nov 3, 2024


Dear Diary, It’s Me, I’m the Problem (and I’m Singing About It) - ‘Sad Girl Pop’ as a Tool for Introspection
As the days get rainier, windier, and colder, autumn brings with it an air of melancholy. It is once again the season of yearning through...
Mahault Etienne
Oct 30, 2024


U.S. Elections: Perspectives from abroad: Interview of two American students living in Europe.
We are now one week from knowing who will be the new U.S. president for four years. Looking at the polls , the score plans to be tight....
Head Editor - Sarah Hourquet
Oct 29, 2024


Sunday Summary - 27th October 2024: A World on Edge
This past week has seen crises deepen across the globe, with conflicts escalating from the Middle East to Sudan and beyond. From...
Head Editor
Oct 27, 2024


Sunday Summary - 20th October 2024: Silver Linings amidst The Chaos
The world is reeling from a wave of appalling events. In a speech, Donald Trump amplified the conspiracy theory that the Capitol attack...
Mark Sijtsma
Oct 20, 2024


Sunday Summary - 13th October 2024: Ongoing Crises
The 7th of October marked the one-year anniversary since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on...
A.G Thor
Oct 13, 2024


One Year of Grief and Resistance: Maastricht’s Response
It has been a year since the Hamas attack on Israel, following one of the deadliest operations by the IDF the world has seen. At least...


Sunday Summary - Erasing History: Gaza's Cultural Heritage in the Crossfire
The destruction of Gaza’s cultural heritage has become a deeply troubling and tragic aspect of the ongoing conflict in the region. Since...
Jules Boelens
Oct 7, 2024


U.S. Elections - Understanding Harris: a dive into Kamala Harris’ political strategy.
Kamala Harris’ sudden campaign start for the US presidential elections has not been easy. Since the 27th of June, with the debacle of the...
Vanille Villez
Oct 3, 2024


U.S. Elections - Inside the Democratic National Convention and the future of the United States.
In the United States, every four years right before the presidential election, the two major political parties hold a four-day convention...
Elena Bovée
Sep 25, 2024


U.S. Elections - 2024 Presidential Debate Bingo: Takeaways from Tuesday Night’s Comedy
On the evening of September 10th, 2024, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump went head-to-head for 90 minutes in their first-ever in-person...
Charlotte Pennings
Sep 16, 2024
A chat with Wilson Fache: how war reporting is navigating a new wave of civilian journalism
“Journalism was not a child's dream”, says Wilson Fache, winner of the Albert Londres Prize and independent war reporter born in...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Aug 28, 2024


The Cultural Tapestry of Hong Kong: Understanding how different cultures find identity
The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...
Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11, 2024


(Over)Consumption in the Narrative for Sustainability
On a simple Saturday afternoon, with the sun’s full glare masked behind a few stray clouds, I just returned home after completing a...
Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11, 2024


Talking human rights and police brutality
In the last few months, the right to protest has become a salient theme for many people across Europe. Especially us students have...
Carolina Scheuch
Jun 29, 2024


Daunting Elections and Global Chaos
Last week has been tumultuous - to say the least. While a flood of majoritarily daunting news may already overflow your social media...
Maya Müller-Perron
Jun 10, 2024
02.06.2024: Elections bonanza
Sunday Summary 02-06-2024: Last week saw the conclusion of three more elections in the veritable voting bonanza that is 2024 and all...
Matthijs Lenaerts
Jun 8, 2024
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