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Belarus election: contested result sparks massive unrest as Europe’s ‘last dictator’ claims victory
Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of Belarus who came to power in 1994, has won his sixth presidential election. The preliminary results show a landslide victory, giving Lukashenko 80% of the vote and his main opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, just 10%. Nationwide protests have broken out in response and we shouldContinue Reading
Antibiotic resistance: how drug misuse in livestock farming is a problem for human health
Shutterstock Rearing animals for food takes time and requires hard work to maintain their health and well-being. Just as in humans, farm animals sometimes get sick and require drugs to treat infections. But organisms that cause infections are becoming increasingly resistant to the available drugs. This antimicrobial resistance increases theContinue Reading
Pious, assertive, and ‘mother of all Bolivians’: The (expensive) political narrative of President Jeanine Áñez · Global Voices
Helicopter flights to bless different cities cost more than USD 20,000 Jeanine Áñez assuming Bolivia’s presidency on 12 November 2019, with her daughter Carolina Ribera to her left. Image by Wikimedia Commons, open content modified by Global Voices. Throughout her campaign and current presidency, President Jeanine Áñez has created an image ofContinue Reading
Rise in fake benzodiazepines in the UK may put people at risk of serious harm
Fake benzodiazepines (including diazepam and alprazolam – better known as Xanax) could cause serious harm. PureRadiancePhoto/ Shutterstock Counterfeit, or “fake”, medicines are a growing problem worldwide, from antimicrobials to cancer treatments. They are are designed to look exactly like the real thing, but typically contain the wrong type or amountContinue Reading
A scientist’s plea on coronavirus: now is not the time to relax
Living under lockdown and the uncertainty that COVID-19 has brought to our lives has been difficult for everyone. We have all welcomed the opportunity to return to a more normal way of life. But a resurgence in cases after the easing of lockdown in many countries shows us that thisContinue Reading
Ancient sea creatures spent years crossing the ocean on rafts – we’ve worked out how it was possible
Aaron Hunter, Author provided The English town of Lyme Regis is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. It was here in the 1830s that William Buckland, better known for the discovery of the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus, collected fossils with another pioneering palaeontologist, Mary Anning. One of their discoveriesContinue Reading
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law · Global Voices
His two sons, who are not in the media business, were also arrested Photo from Apple Daily’s Twitter account. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a prominent supporter of the city’s pro-democracy protests, was arrested in the early morning of August 10 for “colluding with foreign forces,” which is a violation ofContinue Reading
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Lack of pigmentation makes the turtle appear golden in colour A rare golden Indian flapshell turtle found in Nepal. Photo by Dev Narayan Mandal. Used with permission. After news of the existence of a yellow turtle in India’s eastern state of Odisha went viral this past July, Nepalis wanted toContinue Reading
In Pakistan, a man accused of blasphemy was shot dead in a courtroom. His killer was hailed as a hero. · Global Voices
Extrajudicial killings of people accused of blasphemy aren’t uncommon in Pakistan Photo by Donald Tong/Pexels. Used under Pexels License. A 57-year-old man was shot dead in a Peshawar courtroom as he was being trialed for blasphemy on July 29. The killer, 24, was arrested immediately — it’s unclear how he managedContinue Reading