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Very few heads of state are as invested in the European project as France’s Emmanuel Macron. In his latest visit to China, he reiterated his desire to turn Europe into a ‘superpower’ capable of becoming a kingmaker on the global stage.

An ageing population and a declining birth rate have led to mounting pressure on support services to help our older generations.

Climate history was made on November 20 as thousands of representatives gathered around the negotiating table of COP27 and, for the first time, were able to lay the first stepping stone in a loss and damage pact.

People from all age brackets in red, blue, and purple states finally got to form long queues outside poll stations across the United States on Thursday the 8th November. Most polls projected a near-certain Republican victory with over 90% chance of flipping both the House of Representatives and the Senate. But, in the true American fashion, it could not have been so boring.

The ticking of the doomsday clock has never reverberated louder across the world than it does now. Russia intensifies its missile bombardments and military round-up due to the Ukrainian counter-offensives, which fill the papers and flood millions of screens on social media.