HRW: Fighting inequality central to post-coronavirus economic recovery
Coronavirus has widened inequalities further in countries and societies that were already grappling with the social and economic vice, which for long time has been a trigger of inter-class hostility, Human Rights Watch has documented in its December 2020 report. Based on data collected in some of world’s megacities like...
Bali’s extortionist monkeys can spot high-value items, then ‘demand’ ransom
At the Uluwatu temple in Bali, monkeys mean business. The long-tailed macaques who roam the ancient site are infamous for brazenly robbing unsuspecting tourists and clinging on to their possessions until food is offered as ransom payment. Researchers have found they are also skilled at judging which items their victims...
