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In Liberia, a new mobile phone tariff collides with digital rights · Global Voices
The surcharge will keep even more Liberians offline Liberian capital Monrovia. Credit: blk24ga via Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0. This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). It was co-authored by Ruth Gbatoe and Albert Baron AnsuContinue Reading
Chinese netizens rebrand Xi Jinping’s international relations strategy as ‘wolf warrior’ style diplomacy · Global Voices
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump both participate in the current Sino-US diplomatic battle. Photo from StandNews, used with permission. To mark its central role in international relations, China continues to highlight the importance of its diplomacy. The latest episode took place in July 2020 with the inauguration of the XiContinue Reading
The ten factors linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Many of these risk factors are preventable. tonkid/ Shutterstock Although there’s still no cure, researchers are continuing to develop a better understanding of what increases a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study that looked at 396 studies has even been able to identify ten risk factors thatContinue Reading
Out of work, out of options: Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand scrape by during COVID-19 · Global Voices
A Myanmar migrant worker who lost her job at a sewing factory due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving her without any income to pay for daily expenses or support her child and family. Mae Sot, Tak, Thailand, May 2020. Photo and caption by Jittrapon Kaicome/The Irrawaddy This article by JittraponContinue Reading
I’ve been talking to conspiracy theorists for 20 years – here are my six rules of engagement
Coronavirus conspiracy theories fuel anti-vaccination protests. Rebekah Zemansky / Shutterstock.com With prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine looking up, attention is also turning to the problem of anti-vax ideas. According to a recent survey, one in six Britons would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Although vaccine hesitancy isContinue Reading
Teachers have been let down by a decade of inaction on digital technologies
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock The coronavirus pandemic has led to significant disruption to school education in England. Teachers have made a concerted effort to use digital technology and remote teaching and learning to lessen the impact of this disruption on their students. However, thanks to a decade of unambitious government policy, many haveContinue Reading
Coronavirus: We need to support domiciliary care workers before the second wave hits
FamVeld/Shutterstock Many countries were already turning to domiciliary care as an alternative to residential care homes before the pandemic. The closure of care homes due to the well-publicised issues caused by COVID may hasten this change. Domiciliary care allows people to stay in their own homes, which they often prefer.Continue Reading
Liberian fishing communities stand up to Chinese supertrawlers · Global Voices
Granting fishing licenses to these massive trawlers will destroy livelihoods Liberian fishermen sit atop at local Kru canoe used for fishing. Courtesy of the Environmental Justice Foundation. The arrival of six Chinese supertrawlers in Monrovia, Liberia, last month has sparked outrage among the country’s small-scale canoe fishers. These supertrawlers areContinue Reading
After the Russia report: how to protect British democracy from interference
The UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has finally published its long overdue report on Russian interference in UK elections, nearly a year and a half after its completion and eight months after it was due for release. Even the public was incensed with the delay – a parliamentary petitionContinue Reading
Discovering how genetic ‘dark matter’ plays a role in mental illness is just the tip of the iceberg for human health
Shutterstock Each cell in our bodies holds two metres of DNA that contains the six billion bits of the DNA code necessary for making a healthy human body. This is known as the human genome. It is now accepted that what makes people different, and contributes to their susceptibility toContinue Reading