Australia’s impossible climate juggling trick
“It wants to be a ‘green energy superpower’ while remaining one of the largest fossil fuel exporters in the world”, the author writes.
COP27: A stark reminder to protect the poor in climate battle
In this year alone, extreme meteorological and climate events have claimed more than 200 lives and injured over 800 and displaced over 3 million others.
End of the Bolsonaro Era: What the world can learn from Brazil
The dangers of electing far-right extremist leaders, only so the next four years tumble into a mad show of how low a nation could go.
Why people want to leave Bangladesh
People leave their homeland because of the feeling of utter helplessness, of things falling apart, the writer states.
The fallout from US chip curbs on China
The semiconductor industry will be reshaped to China’s detriment, but it still has options.
Minus China, can Golden Horse Awards still be ‘Oscars of Chinese-language cinema’?
Ever since Beijing banned Chinese films in 2019 from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards amid cross-strait tensions, there have been questions over the prestige of the…
Is the 9-5 workweek an outdated work mode?
If nothing else, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to look practically at how technology is changing the world, especially our working hours.
Not time for home phones to call it a day
Many seniors depend on them, and calling a landline is easiest way to get a quick response.
Making mental health a priority for all
Although inroads have been made in mental healthcare, it is the collective and moral responsibility of a caring society to do more for the mentally ill.
Loss and damage must be defined on moral grounds
Framing the increasing loss and damage from extreme events as the new normal is violating our basic development and human rights in many ways.