The United Nations and the World Bank have warned of a “collapse of social cohesion” in Africa and are urging governments to consider more generous social welfare programmes to address migration concerns.The two bodies released new research showing that, as of December 2016, migration had reached a record high of 2.8 billion people, or 17…
A couple of months ago, I was on vacation in Vientiane, Vietnam and was asked to help make my Vietnamese vacation more awesome.I was super excited, and I started researching how to make a Vietnamese-style vacation with my husband and son.Vietnamese vacation is a great way to explore the country, learn a language, or just…
Rakhines have faced “unpreviously unprecedented” difficulties in Myanmar, where more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh, the country’s new military chief said on Sunday.In a speech to the state council in the capital, Yangon, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said the army had arrested 10 “terrorists” who had fled to neighbouring Bangladesh.The new army chief…
The birth certificate of one of the three victims in the Kerala lynching case has been translated by a doctor to Malayali and Hindi.A local court in Ernakulam on Thursday directed the district magistrate to hand over the document to the medical team.The court also directed the police to send it to the state-run Kerala…
A new paper from a group of researchers in Germany finds that people often find it hard to understand the explanations offered by their religious leaders.In a paper published in Nature, researchers at the University of Bonn, the University Of Hamburg and the University in Bonn found that a belief in God has strong psychological…
When you’re trying to learn a Chinese word, don’t expect the person who’s translating it to be fluent in the language.Instead, you should just assume they are, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Cultural Studies.“We should be confident in the accuracy of the translations,” said Dr. William Lee, a professor…
Oculus VR, the company behind the VR headset, announced today that it’s adding support for new languages.Languages are listed as “coming soon” in a blog post on its website.“We have a number of exciting languages that are coming to the Oculus platform,” the blog post reads.“Some of these are more popular than others and we’re…
I was so excited when I saw that the new season of Cowboy Bebop had just aired, because this was going to be a big deal.It was the first time I’d seen the series, and it was really cool that it was coming to a close.There was a great sense of relief when the end…
A Swedish language book for young people that was available only to Swedish-speaking students was translated into many languages and has become a viral hit among Swedes who use it to learn to speak the language.The book, The Complete Swedish Language by Håkan Kivir, was released in the U.S. in May 2016 and has sold…
A few years back, I had the opportunity to meet some friends and colleagues from India, and I felt like I was in an exclusive club.They had travelled to Mumbai and Bengaluru, two cities with large gold reserves, to meet and interact with a few people in the industry, and one of them was Aruna.She…