By July 1858, the English explorer John Hanning Speke had been in Africa for 18 months. His eyes and body
Tag: Asia
These colourful diagrams show how air quality has changed in over 100 countries around the world since 1850
Kirsty Pringle/data from http://airqualitystripes.info/, CC BY-NC-ND Air pollution is an unseen menace that poses a major threat to human health
Sri Lanka’s population dynamics at risk, Registrar General’s Department warns
April 28 (AdaDerana) – Sri Lanka has shown a significant drop in annual birth rate while the number of annual
Asia is officially the most ‘disaster-prone’ region in the world
Residents clean debris of their destroyed houses at the Khaung Dote Khar Rohingya refugee camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on
How central Asian Jews and Muslims worked together in London’s 20th-century fur and carpet trade
The praying hall in Bukhara Synagogue, in the Uzbek capital. Ymblanter|Wikimedia, CC BY-SA From the late 1920s, London was home
Extreme weather may help invasive species outcompete native animals – new study
Invasive species can capitalise on disturbances like this. FJAH / shutterstock Non-native species appear to be better able to resist
City liveability rankings tell a biased story — our research in Dhaka explains why
Like many fast-growing megacities in Asia and Africa, Dhaka, in Bangladesh, is often stigmatised as one of the most unliveable
Warner Bros. Responds To Controversy Over Map Of Asia Used In Barbie Movie
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken Warner Bros., the film studio behind Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie,
Are interest rates really going to keep rising sharply?
For anyone trying to understand where interest rates and inflation are heading, it has been a strenuous few days. Jay
Terrorist group TTP is the biggest challenge to Pakistan
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, December 20 (Counterpoint): It is commonly believed in Pakistan that its existence is under threat from its