English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 A group of blind patients can now read again after receiving a transformative implant behind the eye. The surgeon who placed these micro-chips in five patients at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital described the international trial’s results as “astonishing”. The technology targets geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. Behind closed eyelids, a faint light of hope stirs anew. Sheila, a seventy-year-old woman long lost to darkness, …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 The Guardian recently reported: “Analysts say that following US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and, earlier, the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s distrust of Washington is at its highest level, with the risk of renewed military confrontation.” Amid this, Kamal Kharrazi, head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said that while Tehran is open to talks with the US, the Revolutionary Guards’ regional activities and missile programme are “non-negotiable”. …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 On Friday, 17 October 2025, Prince Andrew returned his royal titles following allegations of sexual assault. As everyone keeps stressing, he did so voluntarily; in reality however, he had little choice. The royal family and the media alike now strive to portray this as an act of noble sacrifice for which ordinary people should be grateful. All this pageantry aims to deflect attention from Andrew’s links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 On Thursday, 23 October, in an unprecedented event, King Charles III of Britain – who serves as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England – joined Pope Leo in a prayer ceremony at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was the first time in roughly five centuries, since King Henry VIII’s break with Rome, that the leaders of the two churches have prayed together. Charles III’s visit to …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 A hunger strike by 1,500 prisoners in Ghezel Hesar lasting six days; bakers’ protests entering their sixth day and spilling into the streets; a surging wave of unveiled women rocking the Islamic Republic’s worn-out vessel – workers’ protests unceasing. The volcano of social unrest spews new molten sparks each day. The regime’s defensive structures are cracking. Senior officials openly expose each other’s scandals, ready to turn their guns on one …

English Journal is published on Fridays PDF-English Journal-17 October 2025-No35 From Africa to South America, a wave of Generation Z protests – by those aged roughly 13 to 28 – is sweeping the world. Using social media, this generation has brought its discontent over corruption, government failure, discrimination and injustice into the streets. In Madagascar, protests over water and power cuts toppled the government; in Nepal, demonstrations against corruption led to the prime minister’s resignation; in Kenya, young people demanded …