Social change

In rare genuinely good news coming out of North Korea: the country has banned smoking in public places to “protect lives and health”. Smoking will now be banned in theaters,…

While the world knows about the first African American / South Asian Vice President running for office (Kamala Harris), two young Indian Americans made history in New York as the…

In a win for diversity, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Arden has announced her new cabinet includes Nanaia Mahuta, the first indigenous Maori female foreign minister and Grand Robertson, the…

In a first for an Asian Military, the first same sex couples were officially married in Taiwan. Taiwan was the first place in Asia to legalize the union of same…

For the first time in the 25 year history of the WTO (World Trade Organization), a woman will become the next director-general! The two finalists are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria…

Following the example set by Governor Newsom of California (USA) to make all cars emissions free by 2030, the Prime Minister of Japan announced Japan will be a fully carbon…

A supercomputer designed by two Russian scientists has passed the Turing Test, a test to see if a conversation with a computer can fool humans, at the University of Reading…

The White House announced that President Obama will be using his executive directives to force the EPA to curb carbon emissions and put an end to federal funding for new…

While some in the U.S. accuse him as being Marxist, Pope Francis appealed to the United Nations on Friday for world governments to adopt a spirit of generosity to help…