Xinjiang? A Minority Haven Or Hell
While the G7 meets under the shadow of Covid 19 and the leaders of the most prosperous nations on earth are focused on rebuilding...
The Leaders of the Western World Meet
The annual meeting of the G7 comprising the largest western economies plus Japan is being hosted this year by the United Kingdom. Boris Johnson, the...
A ‘Good News, Bad News’ Story For Planet Earth
The lumbering world of the giant tortoise has some good news. A constituent island of the Galapagos is Fernandino, and the Fernandino giant tortoise...
Without Mercy
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd,/ It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/ Upon the place beneath: It is twice blest:/ It blesseth him that...
The Gaza Violence: Who Benefits?
Curiouser and curiouser said Alice: A man walks into a restaurant and blows himself up -- it's terrorism; a man targets residential apartment buildings...
How a Democracy Can Be Undermined: Some Lessons
Democracies have an inbuilt flaw when their own processes can be employed to undermine them. It is what has happened in Hungary in the...
Rails, Roads And Emissions
It is common knowledge that emissions affecting climate are least for rail travel in comparison with airplanes or road vehicles. Consequently the $80 billion...
At Last A Malaria Vaccine and How It All Began
This week marked a signal achievement. A group from Oxford University announced the first acceptable vaccine ever against malaria. One might be forgiven for...
Russia Or China: Is Biden Right To Target Russia?
No one can disagree with President Joe Biden when he wants to overhaul infrastructure -- although a single-minded concentration on one aspect is likely...
The Man Who Warned Us First About Climate Change
Among the first to warn us of global warming, he used the term greenhouse gas to describe the increasing levels of CO2 in the...