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Why are more small boats crossing the English Channel – and why are border forces struggling to stop them?
Kirsty O'Connor/PA The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has increased significantly – up to 4,343 this year compared with 857 in the same period last year. The number of lurid headlines calling for action has also increased significantly but the issue is not always wellContinue Reading
The pandemic is an opportunity to change our health behaviour for good
A return to pre-pandemic normal life seems impossible for the foreseeable future. In the absence of control measures, it would result in the rapid spread of coronavirus and many deaths. About 70% of a population needs to be immune to establish herd immunity, a level of immunity in the populationContinue Reading
Forensic breakthrough helps explain how innocent people’s clothing fibres could end up at crime scenes
Zoka74/Shutterstock Every time you put on a coat, hug somebody or sit on a sofa you leave behind tiny little fibres from your clothing. You also pick up fibres left behind by other people. This movement of fibres is known as fibre transfer and forensic scientists can use this toContinue Reading
Hong Kong’s press freedom is on life support thanks to the new security law
When more than 200 police officers raided the headquarters of Hong Kong’s biggest – and only – pro-democracy mass-circulation newspaper, Apple Daily, on August 10, many people feared this spelled the end of press freedom in the territory. Earlier that day, they had arrested the paper’s owner, 72 year-old tycoonContinue Reading
New agtech boost for UK’s top sheep breeding programme
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In the world’s forgotten borderlands, the drug trade helps people survive – but at a cost
When Jangul’s* village on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was bombed in the war between the Soviet communist regime and the Mujahedeen in the 1980s, it was some opium buried under his house that enabled him to build a new home. Then, in the 1990s, when he was joblessContinue Reading
How a bad translation of ‘Black Lives Matter’ ended up enabling racist narratives on Chinese social media · Global Voices
On Twitter, the tag #黑命貴 usually includes negative views of BLM Chinese poster on #blacklivesmatter. Image from Liang Xiao Wen’s Twitter. As the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in the United States evolved into a global anti-racism movement, communities around the world were inspiredContinue Reading
Belarusian workers support protesters with a general strike · Global Voices
If mass strikes spread, they could increase pressure on the authorities Workers stage a strike at the BelAz plant in Belarus, August 13, 2020. Photo by bnpunion / Instagram. Taking to the streets in Belarus today is a brave thing to do. Riot police have used extreme violence against citizens,Continue Reading
Abused and infected with COVID-19, Nigerian domestic workers are stranded in Beirut · Global Voices
The women risk arrest and detention at the airport Up to 30 women stay in this safe house for domestic workers stranded in Lebanon after they were kicked out of their employers’ homes. Image by Dara Foi’Ella, used with permission. Forty-three Nigerian women are currently holed up in three safeContinue Reading
Electronic Skid Steer loader now available
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