Jack Colmer News Today

The French Caribbean overseas department of Martinique has a large agricultural sector, with banana and sugar plantations stretching as far as the eye can see. But the island also relies heavily on food…

Lebanon has been drowning in a series of crises since 2019. The economic, banking and political systems are in tailspin and the national currency has lost 98 percent of its value. With inflation in three-figure…

In this edition we take you to a small Central American country of just 5 million people, but where nearly 100 percent of the electricity is produced from renewables. Costa Rica is the El Dorado of green…

While many European countries are struggling to tackle a rise in drug trafficking and drug use, some are looking to Portugal for inspiration on how to successfully reform their judicial and medical response.…

In Zimbabwe, unlike in other African countries, elephant conservation efforts have been successful. But the surge in numbers increases the chances of human-animal contact. The country is now seeing a…

College Student’s Genius ‘Eyesore’ Bin-Bag Dispenser Helps Keep Parks Litter-Free A young college student’s belief in people’s innate kindness has led to cleaner parks near Woodhouse Moor, in West Yorkshire, England. When the Leeds Beckett University student, Jack Colmer, 22, saw public images of the amount of litter at parks across the country, he knew something had to be done. In particular, Colmer was disheartened by the piles of rubbish at nearby Hyde Park. Talking to The Epoch T...