The 25th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation in the Kyrgyz capital may offer a glimmer of hope that international relations do not need to be defined by endless confrontation, writes KENNY COYLE
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Privacy or freedom: the app that could open up the world again
Countries such as South Korea have used contact-tracing apps to help contain Covid-19. But will the British government be able to implement the approach without compromising the rights of citizens, ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
The artist, who has just died, is embedded in the subconscious of the Palestinian people
The five young men killed in the A66 crash were responsible for a devastating tragedy — but the crash should force us to ask difficult questions about wider society, argues RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA
Britain funds the policing of black culture 16 times better than the culture itself. The Diamond Jubilee is the moment to end that, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights general secretary GAWAIN LITTLE discusses the impact of the US-Israeli war on the Iranian people and economy
TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed that the Isle of Wight is to be the initial testing ground for the new NHS Covid-19 contact tracing smartphone application.
The app developed by government department NHSX (responsible for co-ordinating digital developments within the NHS) will alert users if they have been in contact with a confirmed coronavirus case.
The government’s hope is that this will allow the country to emerge from full lockdown, relying on this app to maintain a sufficiently low level of transmission until a vaccine can be rolled out.
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