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The $30m Egyptian pyramids tourism rebrand
News, Sherif Tarek, Published on 12/06/2025
» Some 2.5 million people visit the Pyramids of Giza each year with hopes of an epic experience befitting one of the World's Seven Wonders. But for decades, a trip to Egypt's most famous tourist spot meant battling crowds and parrying aggressive hawkers.
Ethiopia: War in Tigray still a tricky prospect
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/12/2020
» 'Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat," said Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack at a rally in Meskel Square in the capital, Addis Ababa. How was he to know that just thirty months after saying that he would have to stop loving and start killing?
Face masks are waste masks
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 06/04/2020
» Travelling to environmentally-aware countries inspired singer and actor Phakin "Tono" Khamwilaisak to improve his motherland. In January, he launched a project titled "Kebrak" (translated as collecting love) encouraging people and students to collect garbage. After working with many people, the star learned more about waste pollution and how it affects all creatures, including marine animals.
Sea of change
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 17/02/2020
» The other day, I was walking in the park near my house when I saw this plastic bag, puffed up and blown along by the wind, crossing my path. It reminded me of that famous scene in American Beauty, where teenager Jane Burnham and boy-next-door Ricky Fitts watch a video that Ricky captured of a discarded plastic bag dancing in the wind.
Declaring war on plastic waste
News, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 30/09/2019
» In 1950, the world had a population of 2.5 billion. They produced roughly 1.5 million tonnes of plastic each year, according to Surfers Against Sewage, one of the United Kingdom’s most active environmental charities.