Students protest against A-level results, August 16 2020. I. Salci/Shutterstock After five days of uncertainty and anxiety, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced on August 17 that students in England would be awarded their centre assessment grades (CAGs) this summer – that is, the grade their school or college expected theyContinue Reading
Expelled students during a preliminary hearing for the administrative case they filed in Ambon. Photo from Facebook page of the student group PEMBEBASAN, used with permission. Arbi Nur was one of four students who were expelled from Khairun University in Indonesia after they joined a protest in December 2019 supportive ofContinue Reading
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Turkey's Oruç Reis vessel has been carrying out seismic work in contested waters. EPA The worsening stand-off in the eastern Mediterranean, frequently described as a gas conflict, has been gaining momentum. Yet it is a strange time to be fighting over gas when prices remain in a slump due toContinue Reading
Most of these initiatives still place emphasis on getting people to change their eating and lifestyle habits. Africa Studio/ Shutterstock The government has recently announced a strategy aimed at reducing obesity in the UK. It will introduce a ban on unhealthy food advertisements on TV before a certain hour, endContinue Reading
Studio 2/Shutterstock We know well by now that coronavirus does not affect everyone equally. In England and Wales, Black people are four times more likely die from COVID-19 than white people, while people from a Bangladeshi background are twice as likely. Coronavirus has also had a disproportionate effect on peopleContinue Reading
Patients suffer delirium, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder Photo credit: Oscar Navarrete, used with permission. We human beings tend to trivialise our bodies’ mental and emotional health. We make jokes like “I must be going crazy” or “I have a memory like a sieve”, which could be defence mechanisms againstContinue Reading
As tensions continue to mount in the waters surrounding the contested islands of the South China Sea, a US navy aircraft carrier conducted exercises in the region on August 17. This came after the Trump administration hardened the US’s longstanding neutral position on China’s maritime claims in the South ChinaContinue Reading
Ascannio/Shutterstock The UK government has begun a trial of its new, revamped COVID-19 contact-tracing app for England, after its previous attempt failed to work as required and raised concerns over privacy. Unlike the previous app, the new version stores information about who each user has come into contact with onContinue Reading
The system implemented in mainland China tracks people’s whereabouts Image from the Stand News. Used with permission. With Hong Kong seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases, the city prepares to test its entire population for the new coronavirus by the end of August — while pro-Beijing politicians push to useContinue Reading
