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Christmas and the environment
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It is ironic and contradictory that the feast of Christmas at which we celebrate the birth of Christ, has become the biggest shopping event right around the world. |
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Living in a plastic world
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Though it is a relatively new product, plastic is all around us, sometimes for good, but more often as toxic waste. But its uses are many and varied. |
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Funding from Saudi and distorted Islam springboard for Marawi siege
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On May 23 this year, Marawi City in the southern Philippines was put under siege by a Muslim jihadi group known as the Maute that has pledged its loyalty to the rebellion of the Islamic State. |
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Swapping global leadership for a myth
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A decision by the president of the United States of America (US), Donald Trump, to withdraw his country from the Paris Accord on climate change weakens US global leadership. |
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Volvo makes brave move on electric cars
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In July this year, the Swedish automobile manufacturer, Volvo, announced it will cease putting internal combustion engines in its cars in 2019 and will only make fully electric or hybrid models. |
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Can a robot do your job?
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Computer chaos or human dithering at the bottom of job crisis?
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Modern technology is indeed having a big impact on human employment patterns. History tells us that technological progress over the past two centuries has changed the composition of employment, moving workers from agriculture to artisan shops, to manufacturing and clerking, and service and management occupations.
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Across the board religious concern for creation
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July 2016 was the hottest month since records began in 1880. Jos Lelieveld, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute, has warned that large areas of the planet could become so hot that they would be virtually uninhabitable for humans. This would trigger an exodus of hundreds of millions of refugees. Lelieveld maintains, “The July temperatures must underline the urgency of the crisis.” |
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A New Year resolution
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I finally kicked smoking on 1 January 1972. It was a huge struggle, as nicotine is as addictive as heroin, but it was my New Year resolution and I was able to stick with it. |
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Good and bad news on plant species
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I made my first visit to Kew Gardens in London in the early 1980s. It is a beautiful and highly scientific place and in May this year, it produced an extraordinarily important report on The State of the World’s Plants. The good news is that the staff now believe that there are 390,000 species of plants on earth. The director of science at Kew Gardens, Kathy Willis, spoke to Damian Carrington of The Guardian about the importance of plants for humans. |
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