Tensions around the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea (SCS) have been on a rising curve since China’s de facto annexation of Mischief Reef in 1995. The ..
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Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema is currently soaring high in the charts with his smash song Calm Down (here). Since last weekend was Nigerian presidential election weeken ..
The year 1957 was a big one for scientists all over the world. It also almost cost me my life. Nineteen hundred and fifty-seven marked the beginning of the International ..
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Just occasionally, you see an image that makes you look twice and to ask questions about what the artist – or in this case the photographer – really might be portrayi ..
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Last month, Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi topped the UK charts with his excellent ballad Pointless. “Everything is pointless without you,” the Brit-award winning arti ..
This September will mark 50 years of formal diplomatic ties between Indonesia and South Korea. Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already kicked off celebratio ..
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By the 1920s, travel to Burma had become all the rage. To give an idea of the destination’s popularity, over 100 books were published about Burma travels, lapped up by ..
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Some seriously odd things have been happening with everyone’s favourite penny stock deepsea mining player, The Metals Company. On January 31, Gerard Barron’s speculat ..
On January 4, Chinese President Xi Jinping clasped hands with his Philippine counterpart under very different circumstances from the last time he welcomed a Philippine le ..
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Some years ago, my company was contracted to “look after” arrested Patagonian toothfish pirate vessels by the government. They were mostly converted Japanese or Taiwa ..
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