Cigarette butts are the forgotten plastic pollution – and they could be killing our plants
Dannielle Green | It’s amazing how quickly people have ditched plastic straws thanks to campaigns to discourage us from using such “pointless plastic”. Yet rarely do we...
Humans aren’t designed to be happy – so stop trying
Rafael Euba | A huge happiness and positive thinking industry, estimated to be worth US$11 billion a year, has helped to create the fantasy that happiness...
Instagram influencers: no, having 30,000 followers does not make you a celebrity
Hayleigh Bosher | Claims that anyone with more than 30,000 social media followers is officially a celebrity have been circulating, following a recent ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards...
Thar Coal: Powering Pakistan
Dr. Farid A Malik | Pakistan is finally on the world Coal Map. On July 08, 2019 power generated from Thar Coal entered the national...
Kulbhushan Jadhav: What India gained & what it didn’t?
Saad Rasool | Earlier this week, on 17th of July, 2019, the International Court of Justice at The Hague rendered its judgment in the infamous...
Can Modi Checkmate China?
Ayanangsha Maitra | Unlike the fiercest fast bowler Prime Minister of Pakistan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t know how to take wickets. May not...
ICJ judgment in Jadhav Case: Takeaways for Pakistan
Hassan Aslam Shad | India called it Pakistan’s victimization of its innocent national, Kulbhushan Jadhav. Pakistan called it the arrest and conviction of a RAW...
Afghanistan: Peace talks & hiccups
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Zalmay Khalilzad’s recent meetings in Doha and Beijing germinated optimism about reaching a peace deal among the Afghan factions and...
Food system needs a revolution, not tinkering around edges by the ultra-processed producers
Norah Campbell | Eating ultra-processed food is definitely bad for you, a recent study has confirmed. In the experiment, people were fed either ultra-processed or unprocessed food,...
How tech firms make us feel like we own their apps – and how that benefits them
Melody Zou | Possessions are going out of fashion. An endless stream of media reports claim millennials – that amorphous mass of people born in the...
Modern Slavery Act is having unintended consequences for women’s freedom in Sri Lanka
Sandya Hewamanne | The Modern Slavery Act was seen as a big achievement for combating the issue of forced labour. But since it was passed...
Hong Kong protests: why Chinese media reports focus on Britain’s colonial past
Qing Cao | Over recent weeks, mass protests against proposed changes to extradition law in Hong Kong have escalated into a major crisis. In the...