Farming tuna on land heralded as a win for sustainability – but there are serious concerns around animal welfare: Intense fishing pressure has taken a toll on Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks. Steven4z/Shutterstock Atlantic bluefin tuna used to be caught only relatively rarely, mainly by sports fishermen in North America. But this all changed in the …
China: victory over coronavirus will be heralded as boost for Xi Jinping’s brand of Marxism: In the run-up to China’s 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) on May 22, the chairman of its Standing Committee, Li Zhanshu, said how important it was that the session was being held in the middle of the global coronavirus pandemic. …
Remembering South Africa’s catastrophe: the 1948 poll that heralded apartheid: shutterstock In the backdrop of extensive media coverage of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel – commemorated by Palestinians as the naqba (catastrophe) – it’s important that the 70th anniversary of South Africa’s own tragedy should not pass unnoticed. That …