Month: September 2017
‘The US hasn’t been this divided since the 60s’: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on how to save America
For his new book, America 51, the Slipknot frontman has been examining the sicknesses at the heart of US culture and from Donald Trump to modern dating; here’s his exclusive guide to navigating them. Don’t fear Donald Trump He is so ineffectual. Everyone was worried about the crazy things he’d do, but there’s nothing […]
How one company is doing their part to look after the planet and its people
Image: Mars Last year, 64 percent of CEOs increased their business’ investment in corporate social responsibility. Thanks to new technology and the internet, along with advancements in science and medicine, companies have become more informed about their social and environmental impact. Armed with the evidence needed to change business practices for the greater good of […]
At least 30,000 Rohingya trapped in Myanmar mountains without food
(CNN)Tens of thousands of refugees are trapped on the border into Bangladesh without basic food and medicine amid operations by the Myanmar military, which have already killed hundreds. Satellite photos released by Human Rights Watch Saturday showed what they are desperate to escape — entire villages torched to the ground in clashes between Myanmar’s armed […]
The refugee doctors learning to speak Glaswegian – BBC News
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRefugee doctor: ‘I hope to make the UK proud’ Doctors who have travelled to Scotland as refugees are being given the chance to start working for the NHS through a training scheme. The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has been to meet those involved. “When people say, ‘I […]
Children’s books with humans have greater moral impact than animals, study finds
Undercutting the ageless tradition of sugaring ethical lessons with endearing animals, new research suggests human protagonists are needed to change behaviour. Forget the morals that millennia of children have learned from the Hare and the Tortoise and the Fox and the Crow: Aesop would have had a greater effect with his fables if hed […]