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Let's imagine that climate activist Greta Thunberg had been born in Soweto or Swartruggens instead of Stockholm, Sweden. Would adults in South Africa have taken her seriously at age 15, when her school strikes for climate made her world famous?...
In Afghanistan, the Taliban's position towards the Salafists has become punitive and ruthless once again. Albeit followers of numerous
The Lowy Institute recently conducted a survey of the terrorism and extremism research community regarding research on the role of technology in violent extremism and the state of the research community’s engagement with the technology sector. The survey will form the basis of a more in depth GNET Report that will discuss the survey findings to be published later in the year. One of the questions that was asked of the researchers, but not profiled in the forthcoming report, was “In the course of my research, I have reported dangerous actors or violations of the terms of service by a subje...
Bassino strikes first gold for Italy, Faivre wins men's parallel Issued on: 16/02/2021 - 16:41 3 min Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) (AFP) Marta Bassino claimed Italy's first gold medal of the world ski championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Tuesday, tying with Austrian Katharina Liensberger in the final of the women's parallel giant slalom. Bassino saw off the challenges of Slovenian Meta Hrovat, teammate Federica Brignone and France's Tessa Worley in the semi-final in a series of quickfire races based on two legs per round. The medal contenders each skied eight runs on the Rumerlo piste in an ac...
Heartwarming spot for Dutch pharmacy brand DocMorris has a perfect payoff Some are calling the highly shared ad the best holiday spot of the year. December 14, 2020 An ad for a Dutch pharmaceutical company little known outside of The Netherlands has become surprisingly popular on social media—and seems to be a late contender for most heartwarming ad of the year, according to a groundswell of positive reaction online.