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One Year After The Hong Kong Protests – What Now?
A year since the Hong Kong protests began, what has changed and what lies ahead? On June 09,…
2020-06-12
The Design Of Dissent: How City Public Spaces Can Make Or Break A Civil Protest
Depending on how it’s built, urban spaces have the power to mobilise or impede protests. “Global Protest Wave”…
2020-06-10
10 Misconceptions About The 1918 Flu, The ‘Greatest Pandemic In History’
Pandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and worse ones, too. Consider the…
2020-06-10
COVID-19: Which Economies Are Reopening
Some countries are gradually lifting their lockdown measures in an attempt to jump-start their economies. After months of…
2020-06-08
George Floyd And Black Lives Matter Protests: A Brief Timeline
Here is a summary of events in the on-going Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests. “I can’t breathe.”…
2020-06-06
Explainer: China’s National Security Law For Hong Kong And Why It Matters
Here’s how China’s national security bill law for Hong Kong can affect the financial hub. It hasn’t been…
2020-06-06
Impact Of COVID-19 On The Global Financial System
Amid COVID-19, global financial systems have been a source of both support and potential risks. During the on-going…
2020-06-05
Are We Opening When We Should?
Right now, the entire world is just testing how we are going to continue to live our lives.…
2020-06-05
How Global Central Banks Are Responding To COVID-19
With a global pandemic sending tremors to the economic landscape, central banks are taking action. Central banks are…
2020-06-03
George Floyd’s Death Reflects The Racist Roots Of American Policing
Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes has recently resurfaced…
2020-06-03
How George Floyd Was Killed In Police Custody
The New York Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos…
2020-06-02
How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty
Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple…
2020-05-29
SpaceX Astronaut Launch: Here’s The Rocket Science It Must Get Right
Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, will make history by travelling to the International Space Station…
2020-05-27
Where The International Space Station’s Visitors Come From
These countries have sent the highest number of individuals to visit the International Space Station. These are the…
2020-05-27
SpaceX Reaches For Milestone In Spaceflight – A Private Company Launches Astronauts Into Orbit
On May 27, two American astronauts, Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley, are planning to launch from…
2020-05-27
The World At War In 2020
Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple regions across the world are mired in armed conflict. Armed Conflict…
2020-05-25
Coronavirus: Governments Knew A Pandemic Was A Threat – Here’s Why They Weren’t Better Prepared
Most people think or at least hope their government is doing a good job in the face of…
2020-05-20
How Are Governments Responding To The Coronavirus Pandemic?
Governments around the world resort to variations of response measures and policies to end COVID-19. With over four…
2020-05-15
The World’s Best Airports 2020
Travellers worldwide selected these airports as the best in the world for the year 2020. Singapore Changi Airport…
2020-05-13
Nurses On The Front Lines: A History Of Heroism From Florence Nightingale To Coronavirus
Nurses are heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. May 12 is International Nurses Day, which commemorates the birthday of…
2020-05-12
Coronavirus: Could The World Have Prepared Better For A Pandemic?
As much of the world gets used to social distancing, school closures and restrictions in movement in response…
2020-05-11
These Are The World’s Top Military Spenders
What would happen if instead the military budget was used to finance our healthcare system? Economic rivals U.S.…
2020-05-11
Global GDP To Plummet 3% In 2020 Due To Coronavirus Pandemic — IMF
With COVID-19 capsizing the global economy, GDP is expected to dive into a deep plunge. The global gross…
2020-05-05
The Mysterious Disappearance Of The First SARS Virus, And Why We Need A Vaccine For The Current One But Didn’t For The Other
Some people question why the current coronavirus has brought the world to standstill while a previous deadly coronavirus,…
2020-05-05
The Countries Where Press Freedom Thrives In 2020
These are the freest countries for journalists, according to the 2020 World Press Freedom Index. Norway emerges as…
2020-05-04
A Brief History Of May 01 Labour Day Celebrations
Every first of May, we celebrate Labour Day. But why? How did this commemoration begin? There are two…
2020-05-01
COVID-19, Debt, And The Politics Of Austerity
Numbered are the certainties in this coronavirus pandemic. Among these are unprecedented levels of debt. Even before the…
2020-04-28
How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Disrupting The Global Stock Market
The COVID-19 pandemic is swiftly rewriting the landscape of the stock market into a tragedy. 2.9 million people…
2020-04-27
What Just Happened To The Price Of Oil?
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into…
2020-04-27
Earth Day 50: An Earth Day Unlike Any Other
This year, Earth Day leads the call for greater action in tackling the climate crisis. April 22 marks…
2020-04-22
Reshaping Climate Action In A Post-Pandemic World
The COVID-19 pandemic teaches valuable lessons on how to better act on the climate crisis. For the first…
2020-04-22
COVID-19: Social Distancing Is Triggering Another Crisis We Must Prevent
With people staying in their homes, we must prevent a crisis that’s growing alongside COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic…
2020-04-21
Who’s Most Vulnerable To COVID-19’s Impact On Tourism?
COVID-19 has hurt the world’s economies. However, tourism-dependent countries are more vulnerable to economic fallout. The number of…
2020-04-20
The Biggest Financial Contributors To The World Health Organization
With Trump announcing that the US will halt funding, China will be WHO’s biggest benefactor. The United States…
2020-04-17
A Year After The Fire, Coronavirus Stalls Notre-Dame’s Rebirth
On 15 April 2019, a fire broke out in the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, reducing huge portions of…
2020-04-15
OPEC+ Ends Oil Price War With A Historic Deal
The coronavirus pandemic has brought massive shocks across the stock market. Adding fuel to the fire, an oil…
2020-04-14
How Much Do Countries Spend On Their Health Systems?
With almost 2 million confirmed cases globally, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to place a massive strain on the…
2020-04-13
How Much Of The World Is Already On COVID-19 Lockdown?
With the total number of confirmed cases reaching more than 1.4 million globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed…
2020-04-08
A Brief History Of The World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) began its operations 71 years ago today. Also during this day, WHO celebrates…
2020-04-07
After Coronavirus The World Will Never Be The Same. But Maybe, It Can Be Better
Life has changed a lot in the past few days, weeks, or months, depending where you live. As…
2020-04-07
How To Cope With The Mental Health Effects Of Social Distancing For COVID-19
According to the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the novel…
2020-04-04
What Will The World Be Like After Coronavirus? Four Possible Futures
Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night…
2020-04-03
The World In 2050: How Will The Global Economic Order Change By 2050?
What will happen to the world economy by the year 2050? PwC published some long-term predictions for the…
2020-04-01
Corporate Socialism: The Government Is Bailing Out Investors And Managers Not You
The U.S. government is enacting measures to save the airlines, Boeing, and similarly affected corporations. While we clearly…
2020-03-31
The State Of Education In The Face Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
There are now around 962,977 confirmed cases of COVID-19 all over the world as of April 02, according…
2020-03-27
Coronavirus: Three Ways The Crisis May Permanently Change Our Lives
The realisation that life is going to change for a good while is starting to take hold. To…
2020-03-24
The Flu Pandemic Of 1918: Modern Parallels From A Century-Old Pandemic
The influenza pandemic of 1918 (also known as the Spanish flu, even though it didn’t originate in Spain)…
2020-03-23
COVID-19 Treatment Might Already Exist In Old Drugs – We’re Using Pieces Of The Coronavirus Itself To Find Them
Why don’t we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them? SARS-CoV-2…
2020-03-20
Coronavirus: A Pandemic In The Age Of Inequality
Osmel Martinez Azcue felt unwell. Having recently returned home to Florida from China and experiencing flu-like symptoms, he…
2020-03-19
Here Are 5 Ways To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (While Staying Safe)
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the world have been cancelled in…
2020-03-17