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Alexei Navalny suspected poisoning: why opposition figure stands out in Russian politics
Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition politician and activist, has been hospitalised after a suspected poisoning. Navalny’s spokeswoman suggested he was poisoned by something in tea he drank on the morning of August 20 before boarding a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow. While on the flight,Continue Reading
Three outstanding finalists selected for Dairy Industry Woman of the Year award
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‘Uyghur pop music humanizes and amplifies their hopes’: interview with musicologist Elise Anderson · Global Voices
Concert with Uyghur musician (the one holding the guitar) Perhat Khadiq from the group Qetiq. Screenshot from YouTube video. In many societies living under oppression and cultural denial, music is often the only space and form of resistance. This is particularly true for the 11 million Uyghurs in Western China,Continue Reading
Lukashenka or Lukashenko? Why Anglophone media use different spellings for the embattled Belarusian leader · Global Voices
The answer: It depends. A selection of headlines from Anglophone media showing diverse editorial practices with the surname of Belarus’ longtime ruler. Belarus provinces map by Golbez (CC BY-SA 3.0). Image of Alexander Lukashenko by Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News (CC BY-SA 4.0). Graphic remixed by Georgia Popplewell (CC BY 3.0)Continue Reading
Sustainable food could be at heart of economic recovery and nation’s health, says SAC Consulting
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Potential new asthma treatment: protein linked to omega-3 fatty acids shows promise
Omega-3 fatty acids can limit inflammation by stimulating free fatty acid receptor 4. 1989studio/ Shutterstock Though asthma affects almost 340 million people worldwide, there is still no cure. The respiratory disease frequently develops in childhood, and can cause asthma “attacks” where the lungs become inflamed and the airways constricted, causingContinue Reading
‘Lukashenka’s time is over’: a Belarusian writer urges solidarity from afar · Global Voices
Max Ščur leading the August 15 anti-Lukashenka demonstration which started from the Clementium in Prague. Photo (c): Filip Noubel, used with permission. While one of the smallest minorities in the Czech Republic, they have played a major role advocating for domestic changes in their homeland. When protests broke out inContinue Reading
What’s next for Arab-Israeli relations after the UAE deal?
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a historic agreement which makes the Emirates only the third Arab state to recognise Israel after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994. As part of the deal, dubbed the Abraham Accord, Israel has suspended highly controversial plans to annex theContinue Reading
Myanmar’s election, the Rohingya crisis and the road to democracy
Five years after they voted in their first free and fair elections for quarter of a century, the people of Myanmar will go to the polls this November. A country with a troubled and violent history, Myanmar gained independence from the British in 1948. In its formative years, the countryContinue Reading
Humans aren’t inherently selfish – we’re actually hardwired to work together
Franzi/Shutterstock There has long been a general assumption that human beings are essentially selfish. We’re apparently ruthless, with strong impulses to compete against each other for resources and to accumulate power and possessions. If we are kind to one another, it’s usually because we have ulterior motives. If we areContinue Reading