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Meet the young entrepreneur who is on a mission to ensure school children in Ghana can pursue their dreams of becoming scientists and engineers. Charles Ofori Antipem has created a science set the size of a textbook full of electrical kit. So far it’s sold more than 5,000 sets to schools across the country. Please […]
Young Ugandan engineer Lawrence Okettayot believes he has a solution for the world’s food waste crisis. His ‘Sparky Dryer’ is powered by garden waste and dries fresh food in just a few hours – making it last up to two years. The amount of food wasted every year in Africa could feed 300 million people. […]
You may well remember – the pictures were hard to forget – the scene in Yemen in August when dozens of schoolchildren and adults were killed in an airstrike. The strike was carried out by a coalition – led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the US, the UK and France. They are supporting Yemen’s […]
Two years after Donald Trump’s election, Americans are going to the polls again on 6 November – this time to choose new members of Congress. How they vote will be crucial for the next two years of the Trump presidency. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog On 6 November, American voters get to decide the direction of […]
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an explosion at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea. Officials said an “unidentified explosive device” detonated at the technical college in Kerch, where Russia has built a bridge between the peninsula and Russia. Initial reports had suggested that the blast was some sort of […]
As Canada legalises recreational cannabis, what happens to the 500,000 people with existing criminal records for pot possession? Video by Dan Lytwyn Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog The first recreational cannabis to be legally bought in Canada was purchased at midnight on Wednesday (02:30 GMT) on the eastern island of Newfoundland amid queues of hundreds of […]
Tamer fled Syria seven years ago because teenage boys in his region were being forced to join the government army. His parents were worried about him and his brother so they arranged for them to leave. After several years he arrived in the UK and successfully applied for asylum. As he was struggling to find […]
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, currently holding talks with European leaders, says “North Korea’s economy is in huge difficulty due to international sanctions.” UN sanctions have been imposed to pressure Kim Jong-un’s government over its nuclear weapons programme. Reality Check investigates how North Korea tries to evade these sanctions. Motion graphics by Jacqueline Galvin. […]
Millions of Venezuelans have left the country in the last two years, fleeing the oil-rich nation’s economic collapse. Shortages of food and basic goods, years of recession, soaring inflation and regular power shortages have left the country almost on its knees. The government says those against the socialist President Nicolas Maduro are waging an “economic […]
The US president says Saudi Arabia’s King Salman denied all knowledge of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen in Istanbul on 2 October. The authorities in Istanbul believe he was murdered there by Saudi agents – claims Riyadh has dismissed as “lies”. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog source Please follow and like […]