Mexico’s slow slide towards vigilante violence
Apr 18, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Mexico has witnessed two high-profile public lynchings within the space of two weeks. In late March, a woman suspected of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Taxco, Guerrero, was lynched by an angry mob. Then, on April 9,...
Is attachment theory actually important for romantic relationships?
Apr 15, 2024 10:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
There has been a recent surge of attention toward attachment theory: from TikTok videos to online quizzes that claim to assess your attachment style. Its become a hot topic, especially in the context of romantic...
Why Sikhs celebrate the festival of Baisakhi
Apr 09, 2024 12:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
On the festival of Baisakhi, celebrated usually on April 13, Sikhs the world over will joyously wear yellow saffron colors, symbolizing spring harvest and the solar new year, when the Sun enters the constellation...
Tunisia’s El Kef city is rich in heritage: centuries of cultural mixing give it a distinct identity
Apr 09, 2024 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
El Kef is a city built into the southern face of Jebel Dyr mountain, which is linked to the High Atlas mountains in the north-western region of Tunisia that borders on Algeria. The breeze that sweeps off the mountain and...
As a child psychiatrist, I know it’s critical for kindergartens to embrace playful learning
Apr 09, 2024 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Think back to one of your fondest memories of play. Where were you, who were you with, what powers did you pretend to have? Would you like to go back there if you could, if only for a moment? Unfortunately, fewer and...
Young Kenyans are not finding work: how universities can do a better job of training entrepreneurs
Apr 08, 2024 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Kenyas long-term development blueprint, Vision 2030, envisions an empowered youth driving economic growth. The focus on its young population (aged 1534) is apt given that the median age of the countrys population of 55...
Mar 28, 2024 12:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Finland steadily ranks as the happiest country in the world. In March 2024 the country was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked as the happiness champion. The ranking is based on one simple question, using a ladder...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight