#5 Featured article: Free online classes
📍 This article gives you lots of links to get online education of all kinds and about anything you might be interested in – from Harvard to Khan Academy and much much more. All you need is time, enthusiasm and of course a few megabytes!
⛓ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/technology/personaltech/education-free-online-classes.html
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📍 This article gives you lots of links to get online education of all kinds and about anything you might be interested in – from Harvard to Khan Academy and much much more. All you need is time, enthusiasm and of course a few megabytes!
⛓ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/technology/personaltech/education-free-online-classes.html
👉@afandi_english👈 #article
NY Times
Continue Your Life’s Education With Free Online Classes
If you’re pondering a career shift, looking to learn a specific skill or just plain bored, consider a web-based class to broaden your horizons.
#6 Featured article: Why we get along with some people
📍 This article describes the surprising psychology that decides whether we like a stranger when we first meet them. It’s not so much about the way they look but, hey, read and find out for yourself!
⛓ https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200917-what-makes-strangers-click
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📍 This article describes the surprising psychology that decides whether we like a stranger when we first meet them. It’s not so much about the way they look but, hey, read and find out for yourself!
⛓ https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200917-what-makes-strangers-click
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #psychology
Bbc
What makes strangers click?
Conventional wisdom says people are drawn together when they’re most similar. But how you navigate the world together might actually be what ignites the spark.
#7 Featured article: Forgotten brothers
📍 Most of us have heard some horror stories from that strange Uyghur land behind the mountains, but just like other problems that don’t seem to go away we cannot keep worrying every day. Meanwhile we’re all addicted to Made in China and Chinese money makes the world go round, that’s why this human tragedy is possible. Read this very long article – if you manage – to find out how even the fortunate Uyghurs who left China aren’t so fortunate after all.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/10/15/if-i-speak-out-they-will-torture-my-family-voices-of-uyghurs-in-exile
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📍 Most of us have heard some horror stories from that strange Uyghur land behind the mountains, but just like other problems that don’t seem to go away we cannot keep worrying every day. Meanwhile we’re all addicted to Made in China and Chinese money makes the world go round, that’s why this human tragedy is possible. Read this very long article – if you manage – to find out how even the fortunate Uyghurs who left China aren’t so fortunate after all.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/10/15/if-i-speak-out-they-will-torture-my-family-voices-of-uyghurs-in-exile
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist
The Economist
“If I speak out, they will torture my family”: voices of Uyghurs in exile
The Uyghur diaspora lives in fear of the Chinese state. 1843 spent months recording the stories of London’s nervous community
#8 Featured article: Clean cotton
📍 Cotton is a crop (=a plant that people farm) with a troubled past. Whether or not the future is bright also depends on Uzbekistan. Read this article for an international perspective on the cotton issue.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/international/2020/10/25/can-the-stain-of-forced-and-child-labour-be-removed-from-cotton
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📍 Cotton is a crop (=a plant that people farm) with a troubled past. Whether or not the future is bright also depends on Uzbekistan. Read this article for an international perspective on the cotton issue.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/international/2020/10/25/can-the-stain-of-forced-and-child-labour-be-removed-from-cotton
👉@afandi_english👈 #article #economist
The Economist
Can the stain of forced and child labour be removed from cotton?
Ensuring that cotton clothing comes from ethical producers is more difficult than it seems
#9 Featured article: Nervous countries
📍 Read this article to find out just how nervous governments can be when faced with protesting citizens, or not even protesting ones. One boy in Singapore holding up a smiley face is revealing just that. Funny and sad at the same time!
⛓ https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/11/28/public-order-in-singapore-has-been-shaken-by-a-hand-drawn-smiley-face
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📍 Read this article to find out just how nervous governments can be when faced with protesting citizens, or not even protesting ones. One boy in Singapore holding up a smiley face is revealing just that. Funny and sad at the same time!
⛓ https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/11/28/public-order-in-singapore-has-been-shaken-by-a-hand-drawn-smiley-face
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The Economist
Public order in Singapore has been shaken by a hand-drawn smiley face
An activist who stood in a public place with the offending image has been charged with illegal assembly
#10 Featured article: The World in 2021
📍 What lies ahead after this strange year of 2020? Read about some safe predictions from the Economist.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/16/ten-trends-to-watch-in-the-coming-year
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📍 What lies ahead after this strange year of 2020? Read about some safe predictions from the Economist.
⛓ https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/16/ten-trends-to-watch-in-the-coming-year
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The Economist
Ten trends to watch in the coming year
A letter from Tom Standage, editor of “The World in 2021”
#11 Featured article: Vaccine globalism
The Economist has always been a source of high-quality news but like other mainstream media outlets has not properly dealt with the controversies (=debatable issues) about the vaccines, the lockdowns, coronavirus testing and the virus itself. Afandi’s advice: Listen to everyone, believe no one! 😏
⛓ https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/28/vaccine-nationalism-means-that-poor-countries-will-be-left-behind
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The Economist has always been a source of high-quality news but like other mainstream media outlets has not properly dealt with the controversies (=debatable issues) about the vaccines, the lockdowns, coronavirus testing and the virus itself. Afandi’s advice: Listen to everyone, believe no one! 😏
⛓ https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/28/vaccine-nationalism-means-that-poor-countries-will-be-left-behind
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The Economist
Vaccine nationalism means that poor countries will be left behind
In some, coverage won’t be widespread until 2023, if ever