China is the world’s most populous country, but now it’s facing a surprising problem — fewer and fewer babies are being born each year. This big change is starting to affect schools in a major way. Across the country, thousands of primary schools have shut down because there just aren’t enough children to fill the
Revenge Porn Laws Around the World is revenge porn a crime revenge porn laws The non-consensual sharing of explicit photos and video, commonly known as revenge porn, is a worsening problem in many parts of the world. Frequently this material was originally taken and shared consensually between intimate partners, but after a break-up, one partner
What is Revenge Porn? Revenge porn is nothing else. What is revenge? If someone hits us, hitting them back is revenge. Here, in the same line of thought, when an affair breaks, the partner who is hurt or unwilling to accept the end of the relationship (Boyfriend/Girlfriend) uses their partner’s private images and videos as
The Decline of Multilingualism in America It is a common complaint, both within the United States and abroad, that Americans lag far behind Europeans in foreign language skills. In the United States, most people do not study a foreign language in school. Many who have taken French or Spanish for years still struggle to form
1. Superhero Movies = Military Ads While your kind of superhero flick would be exciting, what you would not realize is the fact that some of them are supported by the military in exchange for positive portrayals. Films like Top Gun and even Marvel hits collaborate with the Department of Defense so that men in
America’s Friends Are Leaving Alliances emerge not from feelings but from trust, mutual benefit, and reliability. The world had previously turned toward the US for the assurance of stability. Whether you loved it or hated it, America was a largely predictable entity. Today, this is a country whose leadership disregards treaties overnight, whose policies swing
The Rise and Fall of Gladiatorial Combat in Ancient Rome Staging fierce battles in the arena to entertain large crowds is an ancient pastime. In Rome, gladiators battled for nearly 8 centuries. It is believed that the Romans chose this cruel tradition from one of the Italic tribes in the first half of the 3rd
Most Recent Archaeological Discoveries 1. Ancient Urban Settlements Discovered in the Amazon Rainforest 2015 – Ecuador’s National Institute of Cultural Heritage Using LIDAR technology, archaeologists in the Upano Valley in Ecuador have discovered a miracle. They have found evidence of many settlements connected to each other 2,500 years ago. This is important evidence that there
The Bible and most other divinely inspired religious texts tell us that animals and humans are different on the level of the soul, with humans supposedly having a greater measure of the divine. However, many non-believers would argue that animals are more sensible than humans, for example, in how they treat the planet. 1. Biblical
Bolivia and Water Privatization: Companies usually sell the things they manufacture, right? But, have you ever heard of a company trying to sell water? It’s not about those water cans delivered to your home. This is something entirely different. Imagine a company selling rainwater. Yes, it sounds strange, doesn’t it? But this actually happened in