In 1868, the United States ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, a constitutional safeguard introduced to ensure that anyone born on American soil is a U.S. citizen, and that all citizens are guaranteed equal protection under the law. It was written to overturn Dred

From 12 Angry Men and To Kill a Mockingbird through to My Cousin Vinny, courtroom dramas are a mainstay of movies and are a part of popular culture. Audiences are gripped by the evidence unfolding on both sides and try to second-guess and wait anxiously for

Cancer, by its very nature, is unpredictable. It can shrink without treatment, lie dormant for years, or behave entirely differently in two people with the same diagnosis. This unpredictability creates fertile ground for myths to take root. A tumour that

When the shadow of illness falls, the time spent waiting for a diagnosis can cost more than the disease itself. Recent research, together with the work of global charities such as Killing Cancer Kindly (KCK), has sharpened the focus on

On 12th April this year, the cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Alexander Lynnik, and Denis Efremov leapt out of an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft 10,000m above the icy wastes of the North Pole. The stratospheric air at the Pole is too thin to support

The Northwest Passage – a sometimes-navigable sea route through the islands of northern Canada connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans – is known as the ‘Holy Grail’ of the Arctic for a reason. It is a treasure that explorers, conglomerates,

Situated between mainland Norway and the North Pole, the Svalbard archipelago became strategically important during the Second World War, both for its proximity to the Arctic convoy routes and as a base for weather stations vital to Allied operations. The cooperation

Donald Trump repeated his vow to secure U.S. control of Greenland this week, telling Congress that America will acquire the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark “one way or the other.” One way or another, as he puts it, could be by blocking

When Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939, we entered the conflict from a position of alarming weakness. Years of underfunding, diplomatic wishful thinking, and the widespread belief that peace would hold had left our armed forces hollowed

The regular British Army now has just 73,000 full-time trained personnel, the lowest number since the 18th century. And the recruitment issue isn’t looking like it’s going to improve any time soon, with only 11 per cent of Gen Z willing