Chinese fishing fleets are allegedly using North Korean forced labour, a potential breach of international sanctions, with workers allegedly kept at sea for up to a decade, according to a new report by the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). The report, published on Monday, has identified at least 12 Chinese deep-water fishing vessels that employed…
Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the university’s main library. It is 90 minutes door to door, at a thinking pace, the perfect stretch of time during which to fuss over whatever is bothering…
The third episode of The Deep End finds Jon in the operating room as he gets electrodes implanted in his brain. You’ll hear how Jon and other volunteers feel in the hours, days and weeks after their surgery, including an itch to go to the library, an urge to walk around the block and a…
About 7,000 people have died in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels started renewed advances in January, the DRC’s prime minister has said. At a high-level meeting of the UN’s human rights council in Geneva on Monday, Judith Suminwa Tuluka also said the war had left…
This winter has felt gloomier than ever in the UK, thanks to the current state of the world and the consistently grey, murky weather. But if you head to your nearest body of water – whether that’s a river, lake, pond or sea – you will find colour, community and a flurry of joy at…
The New York Yankees have officially changed their facial hair policy Sports Seriously’s Mackenzie Salmon breaks down the change in facial hair policy from the Yankees and the impact it may have on the MLB. Sports Seriously Another New York Yankees tradition is falling by the wayside this baseball season. After last week relaxing the…