Japan reported killed at least 333 minke whales in 2017/18 for research-related purposes, according to a report released by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Of these, 122 were reportedly pregnant when they were hunted down. The IWC has said that two vessels were fitted with whaling canons, which fire spears at high velocity, and sent out to hunt whales. It is alleged that the canons were also equipped with grenades. […]

You don’t fire 21 bullets at someone until you truly mean to kill them and leave nothing to chance. The killing of NIA Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammed Tanzil in his home town of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh just a few days after the departure of the Pakistan JIT from Pathankot must be seen as suspicious. Why was he so dramatically eliminated, and what did he know that frightened some […]

Everyone is capable of being creative. Creativity is something that simplifies our everyday lives in a myriad of ways – at work, at home, and in our hobbies. Creativity makes us problem solvers, innovators, artists, and visionaries. Often times, the only thing standing in the way of our ability to harness our creativity is ourselves. We get caught in destructive thought patterns that are hindering us, whether or not we […]

Just 30 years ago, the rainforests of Southeast Asia covered vast swaths of Indonesia and Malaysia with a verdant canopy of biodiversity. A cacophony of sounds—birds chirping, insects buzzing, orangutans calling—filled the air, echoes of one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. Then the oil palm plantations came, cutting down tract after tract of ancient forest to make room for one of the world’s next big cash crops. Now, […]

The mother and uncle of a Canadian woman killed 14 years ago have been ordered extradited to India in stand trial in her alleged “honour killing”. Malkit Kaur Sidhu and Surjit Singh Badesha are accused of ordering the murder after Jaswinder Sidhu, 25, married a rickshaw driver. She was killed in Punjab in June 2000 after she travelled there to reunite with her husband. The family has denied involvement in […]

Warning: Video is graphic. A Copenhagen Zoo is dealing with intense backlash after it killed a healthy, two-year-old giraffe and fed its remains to lions on Sunday. The zoo maintains it took appropriate actions to prevent inbreeding. The Lions in Copenhagen Zoo eat the remains of a perfectly healthy young giraffe named Marius was shot dead at Copenhagen zoo on Febuary 9, 2014 despite an online petition to save it […]