Can Nepal and China Prevent the Next Himalayan Disaster?
Nepal Seeks Stronger Cooperation With China
Nepal is renewing calls for greater cooperation with China on disaster monitoring and early warning systems after a devastating...
Don’t leave the sermon in the parking lot
In the mental hospital, we were given hard-boiled eggs without salt. I came to see my time in isolation, and the forgoing of salt,...
Did Bobby Vinton ever sing about the perfect father and daughter relationship?
Every single day, my mother and I played a cat-and-mouse game of who could love and adore my father more than the previous day.
Was...
Diagnosis, psychosis and hospital life in the modern-day mental hospital
Once upon a time, I landed in a mental hospital after having a nervous breakdown in my early twenties when I lived in Johannesburg,...
Could a Super El Niño Send Cocoa, Coffee and Sugar Prices Higher?
A potentially very strong El Niño is emerging as a major risk for global agricultural markets, threatening to disrupt rainfall, raise temperatures and expose...
The Invisible Crisis: How Four Wars Built One Food Emergency
What is happening to global food prices right now is not four separate stories. It is one supply shock being assembled in four places...
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi’s December Gamble
On 11 December, Frank Gehry's nine metallic cones will open to the public on the western tip of Saadiyat Island, twenty years after the...
Can West Africa’s Cocoa Industry Meet EU Deforestation Rules?
West Africa’s cocoa industry is struggling to comply with new European Union anti-deforestation rules, raising concerns about supply disruptions and higher costs for chocolate...
On Stigma
One of the things that I wish to address is the alienation, rejection, social isolation and the longing to belong that the mental patient...
Could Global Food Supplies Withstand a “Super” El Niño?
Stronger Food System Offers Cushion Against El Niño
Near-record food inventories, advances in agricultural technology and the emergence of major exporters such as Brazil and...