Although London attracts millions of tourists every year, there is a hidden killer in this city: air pollution. Increased poor air quality has coincided with a rise in car ownership. The majority of drivers own diesel or petrol cars, which...
In early July, a group of scientists announced an audacious plan that could provide a much-needed blueprint to fight the ill effects of climate change. According to researchers, planting more than a trillion trees around the world could soak up...
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the...
Zimbabwe has claimed it needs to sell its $300 million stockpile of ivory tusks. The government has claimed that recurrent droughts and natural habitats depleted by climate change have increased the strain on the nation to provide for its elephants....
Like many cities in developing nations dealing with decades of urbanisation, South Africa’s Cape Town is struggling to accommodate the population spike. The city has its own unique limits too, quite apart from the massive influx that comes mostly from...
Harpoons concealed beneath tarpaulins, five boats pulled away from the northern Japanese harbour town of Kushiro last week. A thousand miles south in Shimonoseki, three other ships did likewise. Upon their return, the catch of the day – eight metres...
(Minaçu) – Albertino de Oliveira is a broken man. He has seen seven members of his family die in the past ten years. “My wife, my father, a brother, three uncles, a cousin, “ says the man with white hair...
In front of his house, Albertino bends down to take a piece of bitumen raised by the heat. “Here, we walk on asbestos,” he says showing the white misty fiber on the tar. The asphalt, which was recently resurfaced, is made up of rocks derived from the mine. In Minaçu, the road from hell is littered with good intentions.
(Tuala, Kenya) In a strategically placed location, Caroline Anyango, a 32-year-old mother of three, runs a small business of cooking and selling chapati. She sets up her table and a rechargeable solar lamp, hanging it on the wall outside her...
Long ago Mr. Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, unveiled his plan to remove and renew the recycling in China. One might expect a certain level of organisation from the most populated country in the world, but...
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