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Don't write the obituary of the lunch hour just yet
Oped, Jackie Mansky, Published on 26/11/2024
» Rewatching Modern Times the other day, I realised it's only a matter of time before something like the Billows Feeding Machine gets shilled on TikTok Shop.
Breakthrough malaria shot needs more funding
News, Lisa Jarvis, Published on 16/09/2022
» It took scientists 30 years to create the first malaria vaccine, approved by the World Health Organization in 2021. A second, even better one is now almost ready to be deployed against the disease. Governments and philanthropies should be stepping up their funding to global health partners so they can build on that momentum in the battle against malaria, where progress has been stalled for years.
Three crucial aspects to promote women empowerment in APEC
Diane Wang, Published on 23/08/2022
» Women empowerment with digital tools, a prominent topic, was discussed at the APEC Women Connect Virtual Workshop 2022 on 22 July. We are honored to have speakers from UN Women, International Telecommunications Union, APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), B20 Indonesia Women in Business Action Council, BRICS Women's Business Alliance (WBA), International Association of Women, Indonesia Business Coalition for Women Empowerment, and others from the public and private sectors.
Control-deny-delete
News, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2022
» Re: "US shoots itself in the foot over Taiwan", (Opinion, Aug 5).
Thailand's Big Brother is upping the ante
Oped, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/08/2022
» In the late 18th century, British philosopher Jeremy Bentham visited his younger brother, Samuel, in Russia, who arranged unskilled factory workers in a circle so that he could supervise them. Inspired by this principle, Bentham developed "the panopticon", an inspection tower surrounded by cells. Its uniqueness was that it enabled a watchman to monitor prisoners without them knowing they were being watched.
EU carbon tax hurts poorer states
News, Miriam González Durántez & Calli Obern, Published on 27/06/2022
» In July 2021, the European Commission did something that no other major governing body had ever attempted: It tied trade policy to climate policy. Reaching the European Union's goal of cutting net greenhouse-gas emissions by 55% by 2030 will require the EU to reduce emissions both at home and beyond its borders.
When vaccination is a 'crime'
Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 10/03/2021
» On Dec 29 last year, Hasan Gokal, the medical director of the Covid-19 response team in Harris County, Texas (which includes Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States by population), was supervising the administration of the Moderna vaccine, mostly to emergency workers. The vaccine comes in vials containing 11 doses. A vial, once opened, expires in six hours and unused vaccine must then be thrown away.