TED Talks
TED: Why is China appointing judges to combat climate change? | James K. Thornton
Why is China appointing thousands of judges to environmental courts and training prosecutors to bring cases to them, even if it means suing the government? Eco-lawyer James Thornton takes us inside the country's growing effort to use the...
Curated Video
Department of Homeland Security
Established in 2002, the Department of Homeland Security might be the youngest of all the federal government’s departments, but its work to safeguard “the American people, our homeland, and our values” couldn't be more important.
Seven Dimensions
Skills for Lobbying Government
In this video, two individuals discuss the importance of lobbying in everyday business and how it has become a crucial skill for senior managers. They share their own experiences of lobbying for different causes and discuss the...
TLDR News
UK's Post Brexit Budget Explained - Brexit Explained
This week Chancellor Sajid Javid set out the government's spending plans for after a no deal Brexit. These lay out how the government wants to send in the first year after Brexit, highlighting major spending increases for the NHS,...
Economics Explained
The Economic Policies of the 2020 Election - Trump v. Biden: Fiscal Policy
The process of electing who will go on to be the most powerful man in the world always makes for big news but perhaps never more so than in 2020. This election is a chance, at least in theory, for the citizens of America to have their...
TLDR News
Why the Tory Spending Scandal Failed
On Monday, Labour tried to embroil the Conservatives in a scandal over Government Procurement Cards and what they perceived as unnecessary spending. But has Starmer levelled a major blow against the Tories? Or will this just get lost in...
Press Association
Sinn Fein discuss plans to end waste of public money
Sinn Fein finance spokesman Pearse Doherty and outgoing PAC chairwoman Mairead Farrell discuss the party's plan to end waste of public money at the Teachers Club.
Press Association
Tony Holohan job ‘paused’ until report is received - Varadkar
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has said that Micheal Martin took the decision to pause and reassess the appointment of the Chief Medical Officer to a professor job in Trinity College Dublin.
Bloomberg
Kuwait Plans $9.9B Bond Sale
July 4 -- Kuwait is planning to raise as much as $9.9B from international debt markets plus as much as $6.6B from the domestic market. Bloomberg's Zainab Fattah reports on "Bloomberg Markets Middle East."
Curated Video
HK police brief media before entering university
Police and other emergency service personnel entered the Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong for the first time on Thursday to remove a stockpile of dangerous items including petrol bombs, a police official said.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Administrative Agencies Pt. 3: Executive Departments
The executive branch has fifteen different primary executive departments, managed by Congress, the Secretaries of the departments, and the President. Each of these departments has various divisions and bureaus.