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And while everyone’s attention tends to centre on those who follow and vote for the hate-mongers and bigots, there is also another, more heartening global story. It’s about ”ordinary” people taking matters into their own hands to work for the common public good. They are doing so through individual initiatives, local action, national movements and global campaigns.

To revive dying democracies, focus on ordinary folk, not politicians

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The fall-out from the US-led military strikes in Syria will keep us busy for days

The WHO needs Taiwan’s participation to establish a sound global health system. Its core objective of uplifting the standard of human health can be achieved through universal health coverage. Taiwan was the first country in Asia to implement a national health insurance program, which boasts a coverage rate of 99.9 percent.

Taiwan calls for its participation in the WHO and the 2018 World Health Assembly

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Taiwan was not invited to attend the 70th World Health Assembly as an observer in 2017

The European Space Agency (ESA) has expressed an interest in extending international cooperation, whatever the fate of the ISS. ESA envisages the construction of a moon base, comprising a collaborative community of both public and private organisations from around the world (the “Moon Village”). A lunar base – just four days from Earth – would allow scientists to research and test technologies which could facilitate explorations to farther destinations, such as Mars.

What will space exploration look like in the future?

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) started in 1998 and was completed in 2011, with five partners involved: Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States

In this context, social cohesion is understood as the quality of social cooperation and togetherness in a territorially delimited community. More specifically, a highly cohesive society is characterized by three elements: Resilient social relationships, a positive emotional connectedness between its members and the community as well as a pronounced focus on the common good.

Mapping social cohesion in Asia

By: EBR | Thursday, April 5, 2018

How does cohesion develop in Asian societies? And which factors determine its strength?

The (silent) revolution of Muslim women

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Since 2000, 50 million women in predominantly-Muslim countries have entered the labor market

However, our ability today to track and mitigate water-related risks has never been greater. WWF, Conservation International, Dow, the Earth Genome and others have initiated promising approaches to monitor watershed health, for example. Satellite imagery and other forms of earth observation, combined with remote sensing, IoT, AI and other advanced technologies could enable us to detect water basin risks earlier.

5 ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution could end water insecurity

By: EBR | Friday, March 30, 2018

The global water and sanitation crisis is not a new story. Each World Water Day we review the sobering statistics with which we are becoming all too familiar: the expected 40% gap in global water supply and demand by 2050

Research shows that Azerbaijan’s security and economic issues are among the top priorities among voters, which is reflected in the large support for Aliyev. According to the poll, 79% of the voters polled said that Aliyev is “working to enhance and improve economic conditions for the population.”

Poll says Azerbaijan’s president is set for re-election

By: EBR | Thursday, March 29, 2018

A new survey U.S. polling firm Arthur J. Finkelstein & Associates shows that the incumbent Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev is on course to be re-elected in national elections in just over a weeks’ time

Will the bourgeoisie ever rule in China?

By: EBR | Monday, March 26, 2018

Applying Marx’s theories to today’s Communist China

The ancient language Dunser is still used in special occasions like marriage proposals and weddings in a Papua, Indonesia, island village, but it had just three speakers left in 2011. The two adults, in their 60s and 70s, almost died in earthquakes and floods that threatened the community that year, so Oxford University linguists rushed to document the critically endangered language.

These 15 languages are close to extinction

By: EBR | Friday, March 23, 2018

There are more than 7,000 living languages in the world, but UNESCO predicts more than half will be extinct by the end of the century. Will these be among the first to go?

Nordic countries take four out of the five top spots, and are well known to be stable, safe and socially progressive. There is very little corruption, and the police and politicians are trusted.

These are the happiest countries in the world

By: EBR | Friday, March 23, 2018

Finland is top of the world for happiness, according to the World Happiness Report 2018, closely followed by Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and the Netherlands

At a summit in Brussels on March 22, EU heads of government will issue a statement of solidarity with the United Kingdom following the recent nerve agent attack on double-agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury. This statement of support follows similar strong declarations by NATO and the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council.

EU-NATO alignment after Brexit

By: EBR | Thursday, March 22, 2018

After Brexit, there is no guarantee that the major powers in NATO and the EU will agree on how to respond to future crises

The biggest concern involves AI being used to carry out physical attacks on humans, such as hacking into self-driving cars to cause major collisions.

3 ways AI could threaten our world, and what we need to do to stay safe

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) could dramatically improve our lives, positively impacting everything from healthcare to security, governance and the economy. But almost all technologies can be used for ill as well as for good

The president, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, on Monday denied he was driving a new arms race with Washington after he unveiled a range of “invincible” nuclear weapons this month.

Putin says will engage with West after record vote win

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Vladimir Putin on Monday (19 March) said he would address disputes with the West after an election that saw him return to the Kremlin with a record vote share, as Moscow faces increasing isolation

They find that in every region of the world, after accounting for a person’s age, gender, and marital status, people with higher incomes are happier. But they also find that there is a level of income at which happiness no longer increases with more money. This varies by region, with Australia and New Zealand the highest and Latin America and the Caribbean the lowest. They even find some evidence that in certain places, when incomes rise above the cutoff level, life satisfaction gets lower.

This is how much income you need to be happy

By: EBR | Friday, March 16, 2018

Take three people. All are unmarried, 33-year-old women who live in the United States. One makes an annual salary of $40,000, another makes $120,000, and the third makes $200,000. Who do you think is the happiest?

But as the internet enters its adolescence, boundaries are being pushed and questions asked about the wide berth historically afforded to such companies. Policy-makers around the world, particularly in Europe and the US, are now waking up to the challenges posed by the internet giants. The allegations of Russian impropriety on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 US presidential election, for example, have ignited a global dialogue about the influence and power exercised by social media and other internet companies.

This is the future of the internet

By: EBR | Friday, March 16, 2018

Since becoming commercially available, the internet has democratized information, enabled global communication and served as a platform for a variety of goods and services

The UK will cancel a visit by the Russian foreign minister, and raise the issue at the EU Council and the UN. But that’s it. It is hard to imagine Vladimir Putin quaking in the Kremlin ahead of the re-election on Sunday.

Russia in the UK: Theresa May’s Dirty Hands

By: EBR | Thursday, March 15, 2018

If Russia believes it can poison its enemies on British soil, it is because for seven years Theresa May refused to take action

In fact, tens of thousands of Azerbaijani inhabitants of Nagorno Karabakh, victims of ethnic cleansing on the part of Armenia, have been thus deprived of their fundamental human rights and cannot go back to their historical homeland.

Remembering Khojaly

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Twenty-six years have passed since the bloodiest and the most tragical incident in Azerbaijan’s recent history

60% of Germany’s arms export is for countries outside of the EU or NATO: some of the significant recipient countries include Algeria, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. Both UAE and Saudi Arabia take part in the ongoing civil war in Yemen that began in 2015.

Can world regions cooperate on arms export controls?

By: EBR | Monday, March 12, 2018

Could EU-ASEAN cooperation benefit much needed region-wide efforts at strengthening arms export controls in both Europe and Southeast Asia? There is reason to believe so

Back in January 2018, and in response to complaints by major US manufacturers, the US imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of solar panels and washing machines. The structure of these duties is complex, but they may in some cases be as high as 30% for solar panels, and for washing machines 50%.

Here is what you need to know about the risks of a US trade war

By: EBR | Monday, March 12, 2018

President Donald Trump has signed an order for special tariffs of 25% on imports into the United States of foreign steel, and 10% on aluminium. He openly says that this could lead to a trade war, which he could easily win. But what exactly is a trade war?

The Arctic has had warm spells before. So what’s the big deal? The big deal is that scientists have been monitoring the Arctic for decades and have conclusively shown a long-term, significant warming trend. In fact, it’s warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the globe. This warming is accompanied by other major Arctic-wide changes in the ocean, atmosphere and land.

The Arctic is sending us a powerful message about climate change: It’s time for us to listen

By: EBR | Friday, March 9, 2018

Arctic scientists aren’t usually afraid of a little cold. Windy conditions don’t usually get us howling. The beasts we pay attention to are usually polar bears. But last week’s “Beast from the East” triggered a few anxious conversations

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A mission impossible for Sébastien Lecornu, Macron’s 5th Prime Minister?

By: N. Peter Kramer

President Emmanuel Macron has again named a close ally, Sébastien Lecornu, as the new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou.

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France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly

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