G7 summit in Hiroshima will force world leaders to confront the continuing nuclear threat: The current crises facing the world will be brought into sharp relief as Hiroshima – the first city to be annihilated by a nuclear bomb – plays host to the annual G7 summit of seven of the world’s wealthiest countries. Crucially, …
How art inspired by peatlands can help us confront the climate crisis: As environments, peatlands have undergone a remarkable transformation over the last few decades from “Cinderella” habitats, regarded as ecologically worthless in the 1980s, to today’s ecosystem superstars – crucial for biodiversity, carbon capture and regulating the water supply. This new appreciation has seen …
Three graphic novels that creatively confront the climate crisis: An illustration from Ducks. Jonathan Cape, Author provided As the scale and severity of the environmental crisis escalates, our shelves and screens have been bombarded by a whirlwind of climate-themed genres, from climate fiction (cli-fi) to disaster movies. These books and films tend to stumble on …
Five walks to save the world – how ‘psychogeography’ can help you confront the climate crisis: MaxManin/Shutterstock Perhaps, like me, you’ve seen wildfires raging and glaciers melting on the news and felt helpless. In the face of reports that the impacts of climate change are worse than expected, what on Earth can you do? While …
South Africa in the news: Biden pivots to home tests to confront omicron surge: President Joe Biden has announced plans to deliver 500 million free COVID-19 tests to Americans, increase support for hospitals and expand the availability of vaccines to confront a winter surge of co …: “South Africa” – BingNews 2nd anniversary martyrdom of …
South Africa in the news: West Indies to confront familiar foes in group stage: Reigning champions West Indies have been grouped with familiar recent rivals for the Super 12s opening stage of the Twenty20 (T20) World Cup set for United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. In the group …: “South Africa” – BingNews Beta variant …
South Africa in the news: The Children of Africa Confront AIDS: From Vulnerability to Possibility: AIDS is now the leading cause of death in Africa, where twenty-eight million people are HIV-positive, and where some twelve million children have lost one or …: “South Africa” – BingNews The pandemic might come down to a race between …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s inability to honestly confront AIDS shows the dangers of America’s COVID-19 denialism: At a time when the U.S. is experiencing one of the worst COVID-19 infection rates among wealthy nations, Americans could take some cautionary lessons from South Africa, the nation that fared the worst …: “South Africa” …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s inability to honestly confront AIDS shows the dangers of America’s COVID-19 denialism: Some South African authors, like Phaswane Mpe and Sindiwe Magona, whose work I study and teach, have written about the tragic effects of a country steeped in denialism about the virus, the …: “South Africa” – …
James Bond: don’t sanitise 007’s sexism, confront it: The Bookbond Director Danny Boyle has recently said he wants to bring James Bond up to speed with “the modern world”. He was responding to a question about the impact of the current #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns on the new Bond film due to be released …
South Africa in the news: AT&T CEO issues a bold challenge to confront racial tensions: Globally we saw the impact businesses had on tearing down walls in South Africa, too The societal racial tensions in this country that make discussions between police and minority communities so polarizing will change when we stop talking past one …
New voters confront bizarre election: A high school student registers to vote last month in Greenwich, Conn. First-time voters would not be unreasonable to expect candidates to address vital issues. Weird News –