Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
At the UN General Assembly, governments speak for individual nations. Who takes responsibility for the relationships that connect them? At the United Nations General Assembly, the world takes the form of a succession of national statements. Governments explain what threatens their security, what their economies require and what they expect from others. The … [Read more...] about The world between borders
How warnings over AI became a market-moving battle between tech bosses, investors and politicians On the afternoon of Monday 14 September, at a technology conference called the All-In Summit, Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang took a phone call and put it on speaker for the room. It was Donald Trump. For five minutes the president told an audience of … [Read more...] about Who owns the AI alarm?
Small boat arrivals to the UK are down 43 per cent and at their lowest since 2020. Yet hundreds have blockaded two ports in protest against arrivals At Eastney, on the eastern edge of Portsmouth, around 140 people had come ashore on a Sunday evening after crossing some 80 miles from the Baie de la Seine. By the time they were due to be driven to the processing centre … [Read more...] about Why falling Channel crossings are fuelling bigger protests
As Ukraine rebuilds amid continuing Russian attacks, communities such as Makariv are fighting to ensure their needs aren’t overlooked Late on 28 August, a Russian jet-powered drone came down on an ammunition store in the village of Myla, twenty kilometres west of Kyiv. What followed was not one explosion but a night of them, as shells, mines and drone components … [Read more...] about The unseen geography of Ukraine’s reconstruction
Aid workers face record violence as armed drones, shrinking humanitarian budgets and widespread impunity make delivering vital assistance increasingly dangerous worldwide At the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 19 August, Shawbo Taher-Al-Talabani rose to speak as a survivor of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, an attack that killed 22 … [Read more...] about Why aid work is becoming more dangerous than ever
Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
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