It's amazing how a funny picture or a video of some beautiful music can lift your mood. Scrolling through the news of doom on Twitter or the timeline of misery on Facebook and suddenly there's...
While struggling to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia must face the challenge of fighting an old enemy: dengue fever. The disease is caused by a virus carried by a species of mosquito called...
The world of entertainment looks dark this year. A great number of events have been cancelled and large concentrations of people banned. Tours, competitions, performances and seasons ended suddenly,...
Civilians in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region are once again finding themselves in the line of fire after Turkey launched another major operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
With trust in the media, in institutions, in each other at a depressing low, it’s important to know how we got here - and how to flip the script. Which is why I’ve compiled an eclectic...
How would we have got through months of isolation and fear, not to mention the weird joys of Pride month without Pride, without the genius videos and writing and images we're seeing online? We've...
If you believe some accounts - in the media or down at the pub - Germany is either poised to become the next world leader, or has already achieved this status. Touted as perhaps the model example...
The past few months have proved to be an experience that many of us probably thought would never happen. A pandemic? In my lifetime? Of course not. Humanity has changed a lot about this planet that...
As far as marketing buzzwords go, “ethical” has become a popular one. We love the idea of an "ethical" business. We love to read books that will help us be, or at least appear, more...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is expected to easily win the presidential election scheduled for August 9, especially now that all key opposition candidates are behind bars. Last week,...
