#ICYMI with Polly Boiko

The winner of this year’s Turner prize for visual art is snowflakery. The four finalists asked whether in keeping with the times they could all win – and the judges agreed! This artists, who will share the $50,000 prize, said they wanted...

Consumer data in America suggests that if you want to know a person’s political leanings, you can just check the jeans they’re wearing. The Wall Street Journal’s analysis shows that in the main, Democrats love a pair of Levis,...

In a move guaranteed to introduce even more uncertainty into the Middle East, the US declared that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not necessarily illegal under international law. The move was greeted with high praise in Israel, while the...

It’s been a tough few decades for Iraqis, who have had to deal with the baseless destruction of their country and a string of useless puppet governments. So it’s no surprise that people across the country have joined in the global trend...

It’s election season in the UK, and that can mean only one thing – it’s time to win some votes by making accusations of Russian stoogery, and all sides are at it. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top political adviser Dominic...

Donald Trump has dropped a truth bomb, and admitted he’s planning to keep troops in Syria because he wants the country’s oil. This kind of honesty threatens the usual world order where everyone accuses the US of fighting wars for oil,...

Protests are raging in countries across the world, but few are doing it in as much style as Lebanon, where a quarter of the nation has hit the streets. Amid calls for the entire government to step down, after years of economic incompetence and...

So how well did the decision to lock up nine senior figures from Catalonia’s independence movement go down? Well the protest fires burning on the streets of Barcelona tell you everything you need to know. The anger was stoked in large part...

Donald Trump pulled US troops out of north-eastern Syria, claiming he wants to put an end to America’s ‘endless wars.’ Unfortunately, it’s not that easy and he started a game of geopolitical whack-a-mole. While bringing...

Despite all the effort that went into Russiagate, the claims against Donald Trump just wouldn’t stick. Luckily for the Democrats, there are plenty more Eastern European countries that can be used to bring down a president. So, next in line is...