Japan to release radioactive water into ocean
The Japanese government plans to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, but the plan doesn’t come without controversy. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, triggered a massive tsunami along Japan’s Pacific coastline. The incident...
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Consultation launched to make period products free in Northern Ireland
Last Monday, the Executive Office of Stormont (Northern Irish Assembly) launched a public consultation to make period products free to all. The consultation follows the passing of the Period Products Act last year, which made products freely available in schools, colleges and all public buildings, including governmental buildings. The bill was...
Exclusive – In conversation with The Conversationalist
Armed with a steadfast passion for dialogue, Sophie Beren founded a non-partisan educational platform to bring people together, across differences, through meaningful human connection. We spoke to the self-proclaimed Gen Z ‘unifier’ about what this involves. When it comes to difficult conversations, most of us are inclined to avoid...
How global cooperation could curb Turkmenistan’s ‘super emissions’
Turkmenistan’s significant methane emissions continue to haunt it as COP28 approaches. However, international cooperation might just be the push the nation needs for climate action. In July 2022, NASA launched The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), an instrument that can observe our planet from space. EMIT’s mission is...
Scotland wants to decriminalise drug possession
Under the new policies and proposed legislative changes, the country’s government wants to allow people found in possession of drugs to be treated and supported rather than criminalised and excluded. As part of a new effort to tackle Scotland’s chronically high drug death rates, the country’s government is challenging Westminster...
How changing social views are ending whaling practices globally
With many whale species now critically endangered, most people believe it is wrong to hunt and kill them. Even in Northern Europe, where whaling industries have thrived for centuries, pressure is mounting to end the practice for good. Iceland has become the latest country to suspend its whaling season amidst...
A UK woman’s arrest proves abortion laws affect all of us
Pro-choice demonstrators are calling for revised laws and broader understanding of an issue often viewed as someone else’s. When Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, the abortion debate reignited with a vengeance. This legal decision came as a shock to those on both sides of the pro-life/pro-choice debate. But like America’s mounting gun violence, the regression of abortion rights overseas has given British commentators a false sense of separation – a...
Rihanna calls on global financial leaders to commit to climate finance
Tweeting the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank chief Ajay Banga, the Bajan superstar has requested the world’s financial leaders to ‘make bold commitments to finance and debt reforms.’ Rihanna has never been one to hold back. This time, she’s publicly calling out the world’s biggest leaders in finance and asking them to join her in making bold commitments to finance and debt reforms. On Monday, Rihanna direct mentioned both...
UK government urged to tackle toxic masculinity in schools
A cross-party group of MPs on the Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee has called for a strategy to focus on male pupils who are failing to engage with relationship and sex education. According to a study by the Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee, sexual harassment and abuse of female pupils and staff is a ‘scourge’ in British schools. For this reason, the cross-party group of MPs is calling for...
Côte d’Ivoire’s ambulance boat revolutionises healthcare access
In an initiative aimed at improving healthcare accessibility in remote areas, Côte d'Ivoire launched its first-ever ambulance boat this month, catering to the medical needs of villagers residing along the country's Assinie-Mafia region. Government, healthcare practitioners, and local communities in Assinie-Mafia are working together to improve emergency medical services across all of Côte d'Ivoire. A new ambulance boat named Min N'Gouamin has just been unveiled. Translated to ‘my health’, it...
