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Austerity Christmas: Is It Really Possible?
I can’t be the only person who tries and fails every year to simplify, reduce and minimise Christmas expenditure. And this impulse isn’t just born out of financial necessity. The huge excesses of gifts, food, and money d...
On This Day In History, Oil Spills…
Yesterday marked 25 years since the Exxon-Valdez oil supertanker ran aground on the Bligh Reef, releasing nearly 10.8 million gallons of crude oil across 1,300 miles of the Prince William Sound in Alaska. The impacts were ...
Indonesia’s virginity tests: A growing women’s rights violation
Indonesia’s city of Jember recently proposed imposing a state-sponsored two-finger test to check for the virginity of female high school students, preventing those who have engaged in pre-marital sex from receiving their ...
Anti-China Protests Spread In Vietnam Over Oil Rig Dispute
Protests have escalated in Vietnam over China’s towing of an oil rig ‘inside’ the territorial waters of Vietnam in the South China Sea. According to Vietnam, the Chinese oil rig known as Haiyang Shiyou 98 is 80 nautical...
Population Control: An economic approach
How population control influences economic growth Economic growth is often heralded as the guarantee of future prosperity for a countries inhabitants and the leading measure of a modern civilisations progression, but is it po...
The Internet Responds: At 89 Years Old, Zimbabwe President Mugabe Sworn in for Five More Years
President Robert Mugabe took the oath of office in Zimbabwe’s capital city of Harare on August 22, 2013 after beating his closest rival, former Prime Minister of the coalition government Morgan Tsvangirai for the Moveme...
