In 2019, American-Chinese actress Liu Yifei, who played the titular role in Disney’s live-action version of Mulan, expressed her support for Hong Kong’s police during their crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, tweeting: “I support Hong Kong’s police, you can beat me up now. What a shame for Hong Kong.” Hong Kong social and political […]
Author: Ryner St John
Azeri forces announced the capture of the strategic town of Shushi, or Susa as it is known in Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that is now raging in its sixth week. Along with the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, recognised by most states as territories under the jurisdiction of Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh exists as a […]
Population growth is key to economic development and this has policymakers fretting about the future of developing nations, as the window for poor countries to become rich is fast closing quickly. With the increase in the availability of contraception & the spread of education, fertility rates in developing nations are estimated to be less than […]
Microsoft announces that it will open a cloud region in Taiwan, the first cloud datacentre in the country and the largest investment by Microsoft in Taiwan worth US$10.48 billion. Microsoft operates 66 cloud regions worldwide and with the establishment of the datacentre in Taiwan, this marks a major step in developing Taiwan into a regional […]
The 2020 Golden Melody Awards may have passed weeks ago but it has left us blessed with this song, “Thank You” by Abao, the winner of the Song of the Year category, as well as the Album of the Year. The magnitude of this song which seamlessly intersperses the Paiwan language with Western gospel-style singing […]
US photographer Piotr Kuzniar visited some of the isolated rural communities in Accra, Ghana, and reflects on the challenges experienced by one family. Please visit his website to view more of his work. In the Greater District of Accra, the capital city of Ghana, in a small area called Nkrumkrom, lives a 14 […]
DOCUMENTARY & TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER Manuel is a documentary and travel photographer whose work has encompassed a wide range of fields. He is currently a brand ambassador for Cokin and a current Coloratti Pro, as well as holding the position of CSR manager for travel group Trivago, a position that entails organizing charitable opportunities with local […]
How the “white-savior industrial complex” failed Liberia’s girls An article by Abigail Higgins from Vox. A founder with no history of NGO management or education, a board of directors with no experience in dealing with vulnerable children, a flagrant disregard for a code of conduct by its staff members – misgivings which were all overlooked […]
“Wiafe” His mother being a subsistence farmer, while his father has abandoned them, Wiafe spends 2 to 3 days of each week helping out on a small plot of land where they grow crops to provide food for himself, his younger brother and his mother. Unable to attend school daily due to the distance and […]
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is one of the world’s poorest nations…
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is one of the world’s poorest nations and the only African nation today that maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan. It is also one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchy with King Mswati III having ruled over the country since 1986. With more than half of the population living in […]