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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 24, 2018
A Banking Sector Transformation
Against a global backdrop of emerging technologies and ever-changing relationships between business and consumers, one thing is clear: leaders in the finance and banking industries will increasingly…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 24, 2018
Africa’s Energy Burden
According to a new report, many governments in developed countries who are moving away from fossil fuel consumption have been promoting similar energy projects in African nations. Africa is the world…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 24, 2018
Did General Tojo Commit Kamikaze?
A recently discovered memo has revealed that Japan’s military leader during World War II was convinced of a victory against American forces hours prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan is a…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 23, 2018
New Treatment for Recurring Malaria
American regulators have approved a simpler, one-dose treatment to prevent relapses of Malaria for the first time in six decades. The new drug only targets the type of Malaria that occurs mainly in…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 23, 2018
Bitter Pill: China’s Scandal Ridden Healthcare
Chinese censors deleted articles and postings about the vaccine industry as an online outcry over the country's vaccine scandal intensified, undermining Chinese ambitions to play a larger role in the…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 21, 2018
The Linguistic Identity of India
India is a nation where over 1.2 billion people speak 19,569 different languages or dialects as a "mother tongue.” The largest language census revealed interesting data concerning linguistics,…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 20, 2018
Complacency in Battle Against AIDS
The complacency in the response to the global HIV pandemic might risk a resurgence of the disease as the largest generation of young people transition into adolescence and adulthood. HIV is a virus…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 19, 2018
Global Migration Woes
Hungary has withdrawn from a UN pact on migration, which it states is against the country’s security interests. The move comes amidst accusations that the EU has not taken comprehensive measures to…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 19, 2018
Daxing Airport high on surveillance
Beijing’s US$12 billion Daxing International airport, which is designed to handle up to 100 million passengers a year at full capacity, will feature cutting-edge surveillance technology to ease…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 19, 2018
100 Years On: Mandela’s Legacy Lives On
On the centennial birth anniversary of South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela, the country continues its struggle with inequality. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 to a…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 19, 2018
Optimism About Africa’s Future
Despite solid economic growth and progress in poverty alleviation, people’s outlook on the African region remains polarised. Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 18, 2018
Gene editing: A possibility?
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics said changing the DNA of a human embryo could be ‘morally permissible’ if certain conditions are met. However, gene editing remains highly controversial for a host…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 17, 2018
The Finals Sunday
France won the World Cup 2018 final in a thrilling match against Croatia, who reached the finals for the first time in history, on 16 July. On the same day, in a meteoric return to Wimbledon, Novak…
General Interest - Op-Eds - Jul 15, 2018
Digital Amnesia
Digital Amnesia is the experience of forgetting information that you trust to a digital device to store and remember for you. A Kaspersky Lab study has found many of us struggle to recall memories…
General Interest - Op-Eds - Jul 15, 2018
Dyslexia. A Step closer to its end
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability in reading. Kids with dyslexia have trouble reading accurately and fluently. They may also have trouble with reading comprehension, spelling and writing.…
General Interest - Op-Eds - Jul 15, 2018
Money Laundering: How and Why
The exact origins of the practise are unknown, but many place it in gang culture of early 20th Century USA, the term ‘money laundering’ itself was first officially used in the 1980.
General Interest - Op-Eds - Jul 14, 2018
Aadhaar and its History with contempt of court
After the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) filed a police complaint against 3 firms for illegal use of Aadhaar biometrics, the debate on the security of data collected and stored…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2018
US appeals against At&T-Time Warner merger
The US Justice Department has decided to appeal against a landmark court ruling that made way for telecom giant AT&T to buy Time Warner. After inventing the telephone in 1876, Alexander Graham…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2018
Thailand Cave Rescue Operation
The Thai soccer rescue mission that had captivated the world has come to a successful end through the bold efforts of an international rescue team. Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country. It…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 13, 2018
EUSFTA: A pathfinder
The EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), which is pending ratification, would be the first bilateral deal between the EU and an ASEAN country. Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister met with…