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May 22nd, 2018
The future of warfare: online toxicity precedes violence
| in: | Technology |
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| by: | Sofia Gallarate |
The Internet, and in particular social media, are platforms of empowerment and virtual aggregation. But not always for the better.
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May 19th, 2018
Plastic: Should it stay, or should it go?
| in: | Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Michael Braungart, Suki Kler Young, Niklas Jonas |
The Chinese import ban on plastic waste and the EU plastics strategy paper make clear, that a rethinking process is needed. The experts' view by EPEA.
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May 14th, 2018
Saving Ghana’s environment, a rap line at a time
| in: | Humans, Arts |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
Young Ghanians have taken the driver’s seat in advocating for an environmentally clean country; music, the language spoken by all, may save the day.
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May 10th, 2018
Shooting and laughing
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Ithamar Handelman Smith |
60 years ago, the Israeli author and philosopher, Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz published a highly critical political essay on the Six-day war.
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May 08th, 2018
Humanoid Sophia has more rights than Saudi women and it’s wrong
| in: | Technology |
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Saudi Arabia is scrutinised for its women's rights. This makes it even more alarming that robot "Sophia" was granted citizenship status.
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May 07th, 2018
Child labour in Zimbabwe’s tobacco and gold industries
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
The government of Zimbabwe is failing to meet its international human rights obligations to protect children’s rights.
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May 04th, 2018
Food or shelter: Africa’s land dilemma
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
Demand for basic needs like food and shelter have skyrocketed in Africa due to a growing population.
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May 02nd, 2018
Alberto Escorcia about the political manipulations of social networks in Mexico
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| by: | Pablo Pérez Álvarez |
For this, he has received numerous threats that have forced him to leave his country three times and be granted with some security measures provided [...]
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May 01st, 2018
E-Waste in Hong Kong: A Hidden Graveyard of Technology
| in: | Technology |
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Comfort, ease, speed, connectivity, progress. Without a doubt, technological devices have changed modern living. But they also die: what next?
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April 30th, 2018
Why China Loves Big Daddy Xi
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| by: | Nicole Webb |
Why is Abolishing China's Presidential Term Limits Such a Big Deal?
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April 25th, 2018
An Arrest Transforms a Refugee from Economic Potential into a Burden
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| by: | Ari Libsker |
Maayan Ravid explains why integration of refugees, when done right, actually results in economic growth.
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April 22nd, 2018
A thorny path to democracy in Afghanistan
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Shadi Khan Saif |
Presidential elections lie ahead and if no consensus is reached on biometric cards by then, a political crisis would grip Afghanistan.
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April 20th, 2018
The suffragettes are 100 years old
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
At the beginning of the 20th century the suffrage movement was in full swing. And now?
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April 17th, 2018
Take your pills, take a selfie
| in: | Technology |
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| by: | Shira Jeczmien |
Smartphone apps that monitor pill-taking are now available, and researchers are testing how well they work.
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April 16th, 2018
The unbearable double standards of the Israeli occupation
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Ithamar Handelman Smith |
“To be a Jew means always to be with the oppressed, never with the oppressors.” (Marek Edelman, one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising)
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April 12th, 2018
Protect school children from drowning in pit latrines!
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Shasha Seakamela |
It takes functional sanitation facilities at schools to ensure the health and safety of South Africa’s young learners.
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