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Grace in mourning
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/10/2025
» Re: "Tributes continue to pour in for late Queen", (BP, Oct 28).
A paradigm shift for animal tests
Oped, Peter Singer & Sankalpa Ghose, Published on 17/10/2025
» Even in an era of intense political polarisation, there are still moments when a bipartisan consensus can emerge around important ethical issues. One such moment is happening now. Last April, the United States Food and Drug Administration released its "Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies". The FDA said that it was taking "a groundbreaking step" that would advance public health and limit wasteful expenditure by replacing animal testing with "more effective, human-relevant methods".
Conflict undermines cooperation
Oped, David Jay Green, Published on 05/08/2025
» The long-standing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has again escalated to actual conflict. Dozens of people have been killed, more have been injured, and more than 170,000 people have had to flee their homes. Cross-border trade and tourism are on hold. As I write this piece, a fragile ceasefire is still in place, but we need more than this; we need an end to hostilities between the two countries.
All wiped out
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/07/2025
» Re: "Trade deal optimism lifts Asian shares", (Business, June 28).
Journalists shouldn't be neutral on climate change
Oped, Perry Parks, Published on 30/08/2024
» Last year was the hottest summer on record in the Northern Hemisphere. Earth's ocean surfaces were warmer in the first month of 2024 than any previously recorded January. And by the end of this year, global climate-related deaths since 2000 could exceed 4 million people, according to one estimate.
Think of long stayers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/06/2024
» Re: "Ministry prioritises upgrade of tourism", (Business, May 31).
Crafting a low-carbon future
Oped, Armond Cohen, Andreas Goldthau & Simone Tagliapietra, Published on 11/08/2023
» As Western governments face the increasingly urgent task of accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy, the pendulum has swung away from heavy reliance on markets to drive innovation towards state intervention. Fearing China's dominance in clean-tech supply chains and recognising the potential for job creation, the United States has put in place a wide range of industrial policies that support the development and deployment of green solutions.
Just for defence
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/06/2023
» Re: "Defence body eyes reform", (BP, June 2).
The lethal price of sweatshop development
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 19/05/2023
» It has been ten years since an eight-storey commercial building housing several textile factories on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013. The collapse of Rana Plaza claimed the lives of 1,134 people and severely injured 2,000 more, most of them women.
Can journalists play the role of neutral activist?
Oped, Jan-Werner Mueller, Published on 12/04/2023
» Should journalists say and write what they think? Recent controversies have given new urgency to old questions about journalists' professional ethics and political role in democracy.