The Pacific island chain of Kiribati is one of the most densely settled places on Earth. The BBC’s Julian Siddle investigates how the island is dealing with its overpopulation problem. Kiribati is perhaps best known as one of the countries most likely to disappear due to climate change. Most people who live on Kiribati’s main island – South Tarawa – rely on the surrounding seas for their livelihoods. The ocean […]
Large numbers of people do not know there is a lot they can do to reduce their exposure to risk. The globe is facing a “tidal wave” of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists. It predicts the number of cancer cases will reach 24 million a year by 2035, but half could be prevented. The WHO said there was now […]
The extent of corruption in Europe is “breathtaking” and it costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European Commission says. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has presented a full report on the problem. She said the true cost of corruption was “probably much higher” than 120bn. Three-quarters of Europeans surveyed for the Commission study said that corruption was widespread, and more than half said the […]
From country to country the pattern of corruption varies a lot The extent of corruption in Europe is “breathtaking” and it costs the EU economy about 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European Commission says. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem is now presenting a full report on the problem. Writing in Sweden’s Goeteborgs-Posten daily, she said corruption was eroding trust in democracy and draining resources from the legal economy. For […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Beijing-based tour company posts exclusive photos and video taken from North Korea’s “luxury ski resort” The resort has a 120-room luxury hotel and 11 ski runs The tour company runs into Dennis Rodman and North Korean pop girl group during visit Skiing is not the first thing that immediately springs to mind when thinking about North Korea. But a luxury resort in the isolated nation is now […]
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Hayley Spraggett’s first clues that working overseas would require a lot of attention to cultural differences and finessing her presentation came well before she ever got her first job. It turned out that her UK-friendly two-page curriculum vitae (CV) would just not cut it down under. Instead, recruiters advised her to include every job she had ever held. “In Australia, they want to see everything that you’ve ever done and […]
Groundhog Day (Canadian French:Jour de la Marmotte; Pennsylvania German: Grundsaudaag, Murmeltiertag) is a day celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then spring will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks.Modern customs of the […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hot ash up to 700 degrees raced down the mountain’s slope in just a few minutes Jakarta Post: This is the first time Mount Sinabung’s eruptions have resulted in deaths A recovery operation was scheduled for Sunday The 15 victims simply couldn’t outrun the searing debris that billowed out of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung. Plumes of ash had spewed more than a mile into the sky Saturday and descended […]
akarta, Indonesia (CNN) — The 15 victims simply couldn’t outrun the searing debris that billowed out of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung. Plumes of ash had spewed more than a mile into the sky Saturday and descended in superheated clouds. Scalding ash up to 700 degrees in temperature raced down the slope in just two to three minutes. By the end of several eruptions, at least 15 people had been killed, a government […]
