Queen’s Speech: How this year was different to before – BBC News


The Queen has formally opened Parliament by delivering a speech containing the UK government’s agenda for the coming year.
The event is usually accompanied by great pomp and ceremony, but this year the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and the demands of coronavirus restrictions saw some big changes to the usual sights and sounds of the event.
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Malaria in Africa – Solving Angola’s Curse

Malaria in Africa is a gigantic problem that affects millions of lives. In modern countries of the world, malaria is under control. Malaria mosquitoes are fumigated. Vaccine to treat and prevent malaria is widely available. People with malaria are few and far between. But in the southern hemisphere, malaria in Africa makes up 80% of the cases world wide. Why is the problem so bad in a country like Angola?

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Can We Have Our Green and Afford to Eat it Too?

Once again the Western nations of Europe and the United States have manipulated the global food supply so as to weaken the people least capable of defending themselves economically, the Third World; this time in the name of environmentalism. In the West’s rush to save the planet’s environment, do we care if more people are starving because of our misguided attempts at environmental engineering? Or is the so called cure for global warming more important than the people of the Third World?

10 Lifestyle Habits of Third Culture Kids (TCKs)

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