(78) 75 Years of Partition and India-Pakistan Tensions
India and Pakistan were born 75 years ago out of a bloody division of the subcontinent by the colonial British, an event commonly referred to as partition. Today, the two nuclear powers are deeply troubled neighbours, at odds mainly over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Seventy-five years ago, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was […]
(77) Myanmar Military Executes Four Democracy Activists
Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades. The four, who included another prominent democracy activist, were executed for leading “brutal and inhumane terror acts”, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said. The junta has sentenced […]
(76) 62 Journalists Killed In 2020, Just For Doing Their Jobs: UNESCO
In 2020 alone, according to UN cultural agency UNESCO, which works to protect media workers, 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs. Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost their lives the same way. In nine out of ten cases the killers go unpunished. This year, because of statistics like these, the […]
(75) Mobile Schools Provide Hope For Afghan Children — Especially For Girls
Afghan volunteers have organized a mobile educational program to tour remote areas, giving children hope after the Taliban closed schools for girls in March. An Afghan NGO, Pen Path, gives lessons and library books to children who might otherwise be starved of any opportunity to learn. The campaign is being conducted while it has been […]
(74) Uvalde, Texas Attack is 212nd US mass shooting of Year 2022
The killing of 19 children at a school in Texas is the latest in a years-long series of mass shootings in the United States. A teenage gunman has killed 19 children and two adults at a primary school in south Texas, in what is the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade. There have been […]
(73) Profiting from Pain: The Urgency of Taxing the Rich Amid a Surge in Billionaire Wealth and a Global Cost-of-Living Crisis
As food and energy prices rise to their highest level in decades, billionaires in these sectors have seen their fortunes rise by $453 billion in the last two years – equivalent to more than $1 billion every two days, a new Oxfam report reveals today. Global food prices have spiraled by over 30 per cent […]
(72) The Impact of Conflict On Food Insecurity
Lack of food has been the source of many past and recent conflicts. Food insecurity has clearly been a factor behind outbreaks of social unrest or worse, yet conflict also has induced notable instances of food insecurity. Conflict often involves competition over control of the factors of food production, primarily land and water. Having more […]
(71) The Dark Side of Modeling: Trafficking and Abuse
Modeling is often portrayed as a job which accrues wealth, fame, and prosperity. However, the modeling industry’s weak labor laws and the nature of its international recruitment create corruption. While the industry is often attacked for eating disorders and alcohol abuse, its problems go far beyond that. Sexual harassment, stolen wages, and indentured slavery define […]
(70) Food Prices Approach Record Highs, Threatening the World’s Poorest
Food prices have skyrocketed globally because of disruptions in the global supply chain, adverse weather and rising energy prices, increases that are imposing a heavy burden on poorer people around the world and threatening to stoke social unrest. The increases have affected items as varied as grains, vegetable oils, butter, pasta, beef and coffee. They […]
(69) One In Four Women Experience Domestic Abuse Before 50
More than one in four women worldwide experience domestic violence before the age of 50, according to the largest review of its kind, prompting calls for urgent action to end the abuse. Analysis of 366 studies involving more than 2 million women reached an estimate that 27% of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced […]