This Christmas, make sure your chocolate does not harm the planet
Our insatiable demand for chocolate is destroying forests – but there is a way for us to have our (chocolate) cake and eat it too.The holidays are here, and many of us are indulging in sweets, especially chocolate. But this seemingly innocuous guilty pleasure comes with a hidden cost: Chocolate production is devastating our forests.
Soaring living costs drain Christmas joy for families in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria – Adeola Ehi had been looking forward to taking her two-year-old daughter home to meet her grandparents for the first time this Christmas. But increased household spending which included an unexpected rent increase made the 43-year-old communications consultant shelve the planned journey. In Nigeria, where more than half of the population of 200
‘An empty seat at the table’: Christmas without Shireen Abu Akleh
Each year, as Christmas approached, Lina Abu Akleh would look forward to spending time with her aunt. Lina and her siblings – an older brother and a younger sister – would get together with their parents and their father’s younger sister at the family home in occupied East Jerusalem, where they’d enjoy a big Christmas
Beyonce performing first concert in five years
Beyonce is set to give a concert for the first time in almost five years. The 41-year-old superstar - who released her highly-anticipated seventh studio album 'Renaissance' earlier this year - has not performed a full-length concert since 2018 but is reportedly gearing up for an hour-long show at the five-star Atlantis, The Palm resort
