Michael Wood, Correspondent (Europe) LONDON — We are now approaching the final week in October, which means students across the UK will have spent their first full month at university. Leaving your family and friends to move to a new city and live with what are essentially a bunch of strangers can be a daunting process in itself, only exacerbated if you do not get on with those you are living with. Students are […]
Randi Karangizi, Correspondent (Europe) LONDON – The world was gripped by the disappearance of a British toddler, Madeleine McCann, in May 2007, whilst her family was on Holiday in Praia da Luz Resort in The Algrave region of Portugal. Previous investigations were heavily reliant on the evidence provided by Jane Tanner, a friend of the McCann’s, who saw a man carrying a child within proximity of the McCann’s apartment at about 9pm. Thus, the […]
Bethan Williams Editor (Music) *Warning, an opinion piece including some graphic content The sexualisation and pornification of today’s pop culture is one of great discussion and debate. Here, I provide a personal note of truth, fear and discontent. In an attempt to aid debate, and get my point across, I will speak out. Bethan Williams (Editor) Music, Living in the UK, I am a musician, a songwriter, a young person, of nineteen years of age. […]
Samrawit Gougsa, Editor (Business) LONDON- Nestlé, the world’s leading food and beverage company, has won a legal battle against competitor Cadbury over its attempt to trademark the purple color for its chocolate products such as its “Dairy Milk” bars. The Swiss company overturned a decision made in October 2012 that allowed Cadbury to trademark a particular shade of purple for its products and banned other chocolate firms from using the color, known as Pantone […]
Lais Fulgencio, Editor (South America) Two of the 30 Greenpeace activists, Brazilian biologist Ana Paula Maciel and a British cameraman, were formally charged on September 2 this week for piracy, according to Greenpeace lawyer Mikhail Kreindlin. The two activists were detained in Russia for organising a protest at a Russian oil platform in the Arctic and are the only two accused of piracy by the Russian authorities for now. If convicted, they face up to 15 […]
Ingrida Kurlinkute, Correspondent (Business) LONDON — 2016 might see the introduction of smaller polymer banknotes by The Bank of England. Plastic banknotes will be less shabby, much more difficult to falsify and also smaller in size, just 125mm by 65mm, yet still bigger than euro banknotes. More than 20 countries now issue polymer banknotes such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Mauritius and Singapore. An Australian $5 note wears out in three years, while the English […]
Joanne Faulkner, Editor (Asia – Middle East and Central) DAMASCUS — The suffering in Syria is undeniable. Within two years, the death count from the bloody conflict has surpassed 1,00,000. Each day thousands of refugees flee their former homes-turned-battle ground for neighbouring countries; the populations of which swell. Lebanon, which has a population of four million, is now home to around one million Syrian refugees, who have spilled into informal ‘tent cities‘. The daily number […]
Illustration: Venla Valve Miles McCormack, Editor (Technology) Google’s famous motto “don’t be evil” is being increasingly tested by a company apparently set on stretching the definition of evil for it’s own purposes. The company has been in the news this week for it’s avoidance of legal procedures in the UK. A lawsuit filed in the UK by a group wanting to hold Google to account for it’s bypassing of browser settings to track users […]
Nelson Moura, Correspondent (Politics) LONDON — Mixmag has recently released its updated Global Drugs Survey, research conducted by the magazine in partnership with the Guardian and Gay Times about drug consumption. The research, the biggest so far by GDS, reached a record number of drug users around the world, interviewing around 22.200 of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities from Brasil to Birmingham. From clubbers to casual users, it’s an impressive display of ups and downers. […]
Jennifer Ubah, Correspondent (Business) LONDON — The UK is among one of the worst hit in the European Union, with average hourly wages decreasing. According to statistics, the sovereign state was the fourth worst hit, with wages in Greece, Portugal and the Netherlands declining even more. Data from the House of Commons library show that in the UK average hourly wages have fallen by 5.5% since mid-2010, after inflation. Since George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer […]
