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Latest Ipsos poll on what should be in a soon-to-be concluded global plastic pollution treaty shows unequivocal public support for banning harmful and unnecessary plastic products worldwide, with as high as 85% calling for a ban on single-use plastics and 90% for a ban on hazardous chemicals used in plastics. Such bans can provide a
The Macron victory for many French people was “a given” – Ipsos polls found that some 6 percent stayed home on the lazy theory that their vote would change nothing to the outcome – and there is no doubt that his win came as no big surprise. The surprise, however, is in the numbers: 58.54%,
At the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, football players and fans suffered amidst a bout of intense heat. “The teams are struggling,” lamented Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique after a midday match in California. And one sweltering spectator, queued outside Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, warned, “We’re gonna pass out.” These types
Immigration is a highly contentious and contested issue in France. During the past 20 years, 12 laws have been introduced towards bringing in an ever more restrictive approach to immigration. And yet every poll survey keeps showing the French want ever stricter border control. That is despite France no longer being a major destination country
Talking about youth political participation means confronting two main issues. On one hand, there is a dominant narrative portraying young generations as apathetic or disengaged from the future of their communities. On the other, from a more scientific standpoint, the challenge lies in understanding what political participation means today in an increasingly digital, multicultural, and disintermediated context.
For much of recent times, many would characterize the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, two Islamic countries that share vast oil wealth and small populations, as having a relatively modest footprint on world matters. Regional issues were all they appeared to be focused on, such as the Sunni/Shiite differences or Israel/Palestine clash, and nervous
Local elections were held across much of England on May 4th. The Green Party have made historic gains in them and what is most striking about this news, is that they gained for the first time ever complete control of a local council. The Greens won control of the Mid Suffolk district council, winning a
Much of the world is horrified and transfixed by the devastation caused by the earthquake in Southeast Anatolia and Northwest Syria. So far, over 42,000 confirmed deaths are reported, many more injured and left homeless and more than seven million children are affected, according to UNICEF. The full extent of people who have died, injured,
Every year in the White House is important. But for Joe Biden, 2022 will be legacy-defining. The November midterm elections are already gearing up, and with the balance of power for the remainder of Biden’s first term on the ballot, every action could be decisive. If the president hopes to avoid two years of habitual
The French presidential elections is a striking case of the “crisis of the left” that has been dragging on for decades in European politics – with notable exceptions (there are always counter-examples) of Antonio Costa‘s Portugal and especially Olaf Scholz‘s Germany that could count on a lively green party. Not the case in France where
This month, a global survey by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found that roughly 9 out of 10 persons across 28 countries support a UN plastic pollution treaty. The new UN treaty in the works involves over 200 countries working toward forestalling plastic pollution and specifically targeting plastic pollution in the ocean, where it is most
January 6, 2021 was a day that should live long in the American conscience. Spurred on by months of misinformation and baseless theories that the 2020 election was stolen, supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building as Congress-members were ratifying Joe Biden’s victory. At least five people died during or after the riot,