EXPLAINED: 4 - The Real Truth

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 11 September 2021

This month both Germany and Canada go to the polls. Let's dive into these votes; one a fateful farewell, the other a shocking miscalculation. Russia is also performing some election pantomime (more on that later).

inkl Originals · Sep 11, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 4 September 2021

Last week, an abortion in Texas was an improbable procedure. Years of cost-cutting and dogged pressure from religious conservatives had shuttered most clinics in the state. This week, it's become functionally impossible.

inkl Originals · Sep 4, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 28 August 2021

The third wave of Covid-19 infections remains an exceptional threat to global health . We have the answer at hand: modelling has shown how to vaccinate our way out of a pandemic. But as the coronavirus pandemic trundles towards its second birthday, nations around the world are experiencing the crash…

inkl Originals · Aug 28, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 24 July 2021

What can we say about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? It's here. It's happening in one form or another – mostly another. Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga argued, "the simplest thing and the easiest thing is to quit". Now we'll see what the difficult path costs.

inkl Originals · Jul 24, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 17 July 2021

This week the Taliban offered a ceasefire to the beleaguered government in Kabul in exchange for thousands of prisoners. The collapse is coming swiftly, even more so than Western military planners had expected. What kind of reign will the Taliban bring?

inkl Originals · Jul 17, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 10 July 2021

This week we delve into a stunning week in Haiti. Already laid low by natural and human-made disasters, the Caribbean nation is now grappling with a truly shocking attack. A political crisis is sure to ensue.

inkl Originals · Jul 10, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 3 July 2021

National holidays afford states an occasion to project an image of cohesion into the future and reflect on their genesis story. But on July 1 this year, Canada Day was marked by a muted, grieving tone . Canadians face a future choked with wildfire smoke; and a past they have…

inkl Originals · Jul 3, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 June 2021

Florida is reeling from the Surfside condo tower tragedy. It may be a harbinger of what is to come for the Sunshine State.

inkl Originals · Jun 26, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 19 June 2021

It's summer. After a nightmarish 18 months, cooped up Americans are ready to get out and bask. Only it's too hot out West to do so. The sun is scorching, the power grids are failing, and that sweet summer air is already wreathed with wildfire smoke.

inkl Originals · Jun 19, 2021

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 12 June 2021

This week we're looking at a pair of fascinating elections in Central and South America which all too regularly get relegated to the tail-end of news bulletins. Let's pick up the trail in Mexico City, where the bloodiest election in recent history has produced conflicting results.

inkl Originals · Jun 12, 2021