Critical thinking is always difficult, but it is almost impossible when we are scared. There is no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear....
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has encouraged Somalia to continue making progress in...
Challenge In 2002, having regained independence, Timor-Leste had to rebuild almost all its institutions from the ground up. After decades of struggle, many Timorese lacked a...
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Stephen Covey I remember him sitting after work in his olive-green Air Force flight suit at a high-top stool...
In a few weeks time, school will resume in many countries, and quite a few parents now worry about the dangers of vaccination. Are they real...
Following the period of moderate engagement with the Holocaust between 1945 and 1975, Holocaust perception from the mid-1970s to the present has been characterized by two...
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I was finally diagnosed with bipolar mood disorder after Tara. I spent 6 months in a mental institution in Johannesburg. Mental illness stamped on my forehead...
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Traditional classrooms in ASEAN countries are exceptional for turning out high-performing students, well-skilled in memorization, recitation, and deference to seniority, an approach some say doesn’t equip...
The transformation of international trade has significantly picked up pace as of late. Sanctions and protectionism (and its rather aggressive...
In announcing Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan as the winner of its annual readers’ survey, Travel + Leisure highlighted...
India was in a habit of blaming and coercing Pakistan for its failures to over-come domestic issues. I a matter...
The world’s shift away from carbon-based energies in favour of renewable or green energy threatens to turn fossil-fuel-rich economies into...
Equal rights have been demanded and promised for generations, but last year a shift occurred in the women’s movement. Across...
Inside its crystal clear cabinet made of anti-reflective glass, the Atmos Transparente clock displays a strikingly sober new face. From...
It may be reading tea leaves but analysis of the walk-up to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit and...