This Wednesday, India’s Supreme Court made a landmark ruling that quashed a loophole in child rape cases that’s been used to allow perpetrators escape rape allegations without punishment. India’s justice system has always considered rape an illegal act, with one glaring exception. Courts have not, historically, recognized accusations of marital rape except for when the [...]
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An Unlikely Romance
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘you never know where you’ll find love,’ but what that love will look like will never cease to surprise us, it seems. Earlier this year, news circulated widely of the unlikely love story between a penguin and the cardboard cutout of a Japanese anime character named Hululu. Later this week, [...]
3 Easy Apps That Can Help You Split the Bill Around the World
“別々 (betsu betsu)” “Pourriez- vous diviser le facture?” "Can you split the check, please?" Splitting the check can be an awkward experience, especially when you’re traveling. If you’re a member of the group that failed to inform the waiter before you took your seats, then you’ll ask sheepishly, in your very foreign tongue at the [...]
Travel alerts reflect our perceptions of ourselves and other nations
In 2015, Brazil reported more homicides (59, 108) than the United States, Mexico, Canada, China, Russia, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, North Africa and the entirety of Europe. It’s standing as one of the world’s most violent countries, however, did not stop it from being the hosting state of the 2016 Olympics. In the same [...]
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