As the war in Ukraine enters its third week, the threat of a nuclear conflict hangs in the balance. NATO has said it will not send troops to Ukraine or, despite repeated calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, enforce a no-fly zone over the country. Doing so, NATO says, risks escalating the situation to a … Read more
In this installation of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with James M. Acton, the co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about how leaders and experts quantify the risks of a nuclear conflict.
Press play to listen to this article Western leaders on Saturday appealed to Vladimir Putin to not give up on diplomacy amid warnings that the Russian president has already decided to invade Ukraine. Speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference, European, US and NATO leaders insisted that a standoff over the Russian troops threatening Ukraine … Read more
In the past months, it was announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook received close to 99 million dollars in 2021. However, recent news has shown that investors find the payments made to Cook “worrying”. US-based Apple is one of the largest technology companies in the world. In the past months, we shared with you that … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he has hope, both of a diplomatic solution to ease tensions over Ukraine and in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to continue those talks. Should diplomacy not prevail, Biden warned in remarks at the White House, the consequences could be painful not just for Putin, but for … Read more
As many as 1,000 jobs could be at risk at an online retail company as it confirmed it had been called in administrators. Studio made the move after it failed to secure a £25 million rescue loan. Studio Retail Group, which is a third owned by Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley, has filed a notice … Read more
“Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDN.Y., claimed there is a “very real risk” that America will not be a democracy in 10 years and will “return to Jim Crow.” Ocasio-Cortez was asked if she believed the United States would have a democracy in 10 years, prompting her to push another wild claim in an interview that was … Read more
Parts of the UK will be battered by gale-force winds and heavy rain with a severe yellow weather warning in place – destroying the half-term plans of many. The alert has been issued for large swathes of northern Britain and parts of Northern Ireland from 6pm on Wednesday until 6pm on Thursday with winds predicted … Read more
The Met Office has warned a storm named after a Black Country town could be on the way next week. Forecasters have already issued a yellow warning for wind for much of northern England and Scotland on Wednesday (February 16). But the Met Office says this could be upgraded to a more severe amber weather … Read more
Black women face a significantly higher risk of having a miscarriage than white women. Research, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found ethnicity is one factor that increases the risk of miscarriage – with black women up to 43% more likely to suffer a miscarriage than their white counterparts. The team analyzed data from … Read more