The blame game
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio We’re pretty good at placing blame at the feet of anything nearby: luck, weather, circumstance, mood, technical difficulties. I think it’s a natural reaction when things feel beyond our control or when we don’t…
Study finds American football affects youth brain development after just one season
By Brian Freeman From Newsmax Just one season of football resulted in signs of damage to brain development for those youth players who have frequent impacts to the head, according to a study, CNN reported on Monday. “Repetitive head impact…
Will Donald Trump and Xi Jinping rekindle their ‘great chemistry’ at the G20 summit?
By Catherine Wong From South China Morning Post Issues such as the trade war may ultimately hinge on how well the Chinese and American leaders get on during their talks in Argentina this weekend The volatile US president has blown…
WhatsApp messaging in the financial sector: Tips to using it and staying compliant
With the BYOD approach in enterprise communication already the norm in the U.S. and U.K. finance sectors, the compliance risks facing companies for allowing their employees to use consumer-grade apps like WhatsApp have also increased. Data protection regulations as well…
Gentrification: The new “Negro Removal” program
By Dr. Ron Daniels From IBW21 Displacing Black People and Culture, Gentrification: The New “Negro Removal” Program A Call for an Emergency Summit Vantage Point by Dr. Ron Daniels — Gentrification has emerged as a major threat to Black communities…
Grenada to Launch USD42m Water Resiliency Project
By Jewel Fraser From Inter Press Service PORT-OF-SPAIN, Nov 26 2018 (IPS) – Water-scarce Grenadians will soon get some relief through a Green Climate Fund-approved project to be launched next year that will make Grenada’s water sector more resilient to…
Senior European politicians call for new sanctions on Russia after Ukraine aggression
From WN Several European politicians discussed potential new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday after Moscow captured three Ukrainian vessels at sea over the weekend, according to Reuters. Amid growing fears about a wider conflict growing between Kiev and Moscow, several…
Climate change: CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years
By Matt McGrath From BBC Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track says the UN, as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years. The emissions gap report says that economic growth is responsible…
UK: A mammoth, woolly rhino and a medieval village: the unexpected treasures beneath the A14
By Simon Usborne From The Guardian UK Digging alongside the bulldozers of the £1.5bn road diversion, archaeologists have discovered tonnes of ancient bones. Is there a find so important that it could stop the whole project? A small crowd of…
In praise of the Donald Trump playbook, which will help the US score a victory over China, albeit temporarily
by Robert Delaney From South China Morning Post Robert Delaney says Donald Trump deserves some credit for his China policies, which may well see Xi Jinping make concessions to the US at the G20 this week. Not that it means…