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No special species
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/11/2025
» Re: "Jakarta dog meat ban sparks debate", (World, Nov 27). Yes, if an animal is infected with rabies or any other disease, it is probably better not to eat its meat, however tasty, albeit recognising that the starving might reasonably have different priorities. This is true whether the animal is a dog, a cow, a cat, a pig, a chicken, or another of our animal relatives.
Lost in the middle?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/09/2024
» Re: "Thai foreign policy needs new rudder", (Opinion, Sept 27).
Kitchen heats up
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/09/2024
» Re: "If you are not ready for legal scrutiny", (InQuote, Sept 26).
The biggest killer you never considered
Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 28/06/2024
» Some of the world's big challenges get a lot of attention. Climate change, war and immigration are constantly in the news and receive large funding from states and private philanthropies. Other significant problems like tuberculosis and nutrition receive less airtime and awareness but count among major global priorities, with funding allocated.
Act on neglected tropical diseases
Oped, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Published on 21/06/2022
» Earlier this year, world leaders began the process of committing to and endorsing the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The declaration is a high-level statement meant to mobilise the necessary political will, community commitment, financial resources, and individual action to end NTDs. The Kigali Declaration will be launched at the Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs, held on the sidelines of this month's 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda.
Clock is ticking
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/09/2020
» Re: "Charter rewrite vote delay," (BP, Sept 25).