A second day of nationwide strikes has commenced in Italy, following organized walk-outs by the Italian Confederation of Labour on Sunday. The strikes have significantly disrupted travel, trade, and education sectors with the aim of showing solidarity with people in Gaza. Schools, trains, shipping ports, and roads across Italy are...
The Akashinga rangers are Africa’s first all-women, entirely plant-based anti-poaching unit. And they’re operating with astounding success. According to their website, the Akashinga Rangers are a community-led organisation that serves to protect wildlife conservation across Africa. The group, whose name means ‘the Brave Ones’ in Shona language, is made...
Gen Zers are making incremental life changes to ensure less private online data is handed out willy-nilly. It seems we take a ‘soft’ approach to rejecting everything now, and this is no different. It’s far from a generation-wide movement, but there are several big indicators that young people are getting...
According to a new survey, young people are spending very little on dating – if anything at all. If you thought the pandemic was the only thing forcing us to stay at home, think again. These days there’s plenty to keep Gen Z off the dating scene – but the main culprit...
Somehow, it involves China, and to make it worse, the alliance’s member states are not keen on pursuing this ultimatum. Despite countless summits and discussions, the war in Ukraine persists. In most instances, whether he truly helped or not, we find President Donald Trump at the centre of these negotiations....
OpenAI’s latest usage report on ChatGPT sheds light on how people are moving away from having the chatbot complete ‘doing’ tasks, but are leaning on it for advice, problem solving, and outsourcing judgement calls. Is this cause for concern? You know who doesn’t ever get brain fog? ChatGPT. Use of OpenAI’s...
If it wasn’t so disgusting to see tens of thousands of people (mainly white men) respond to far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s call to ‘demand our country back’ on the streets of London, the way protestors acted and the response from police might almost be laughable. This weekend, far-right activist Tommy...
If you’re working part-time alongside university or just starting out in full-time employment, you’ve probably come across the term National Living Wage. It’s often confused with the minimum wage, but there are key differences that can affect your paycheque. So, what’s changed in 2025, and why are some big employers getting...
Ayo Edibiri’s interjection to terrible journalism is commendable and disheartening in equal measure – for the simple fact it was needed at all. Questions surrounding pertinent issues like #MeToo and BLM are – rightly – regular talking points on the annual film festival press cycle. But they usually crop up in layered conversations...
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What a week it’s been since we last spoke! It’s sort of hard not to feel like the world and all its inhabitants are ripping themselves apart, huh? One thing about them tables, though… they always turn. That means some good stuff must be on...
A Gen Z marketing whizz with endless strings to her bow, Erifili is the founder of a global creative agency (The Z Link), an author and prolific Substacker, photographer, public speaker, and co-hosts the Espresso Epilogues podcast. She also features on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Meagan Loyst, of New York, is the CEO and founder of Gen Z VCs – an active community of 27,000 investors, founders, and operators from 80 countries. She is a leading voice on upcoming tech and consumer trends and her daily content spans everything from climate change, to gaming.
Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old inventor, won the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing a cost-effective soap that combats skin cancer by harnessing the power of sunlight to kill cancer cells during handwashing.
In the world of sports, heroes are often defined by their medals. Challenging this notion is Vinesh Phogat, the Indian wrestler whose relentless fight against systemic injustice on her journey to the Paris Olympics has encouraged us to reconsider who we identify as sporting icons.
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