French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away food

French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away food

French supermarkets, larger than 400 square metres, can no longer throw away or destroy edible food. The French national assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, approved unanimously a law against food waste of shops and supermarkets. Lawbreakers will be sanctioned up to 75,000 euros or 2 years in jail.   Supermarkets are thus

The photos of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet

The photos of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet

Jo Farrell, award-winning photographer and cultural anthropologist, has been documenting the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet since 2007. Her project, Living History, was borne out of the desire to record the dying tradition and has culminated in the publication of a book featuring photographs of and interviews with women with “lotus feet”. Women

The Bajau Laut, the last nomads of the sea

The Bajau Laut, the last nomads of the sea

The Bajau Laut are an indigenous group that lives in and around the seas of the Coral Triangle, an area between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines that is considered the epicentre of global marine biodiversity. Traditionally, the Bajau Laut live as “sea nomads”, on boats called lepa lepa, coming to land only to bury the

What happens if you don’t stop looking at your phone

What happens if you don’t stop looking at your phone

https://youtu.be/PsH9wGB_Acs Our lives have radically changed since the arrival of smartphones. This video clip, realised by the Chinese student Xie Chenglin, ironically tells the problems we daily face due to our smartphones, from little accidents to a possible nuclear disaster. The feature film, entitled Life Smartphone, was awarded by the Central Academy of Fine Arts

First gay marriage of EU prime minister takes place in Luxembourg

First gay marriage of EU prime minister takes place in Luxembourg

Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, has become the first acting European Union government leader to marry someone of the same sex. On the 15th of May he wedded the architect Gauthier Destenay in Luxembourg City, the country’s capital. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel also attended the ceremony.   “Luxembourg can set an example”,

State-sanctioned sexual violence used as a weapon in Egypt

State-sanctioned sexual violence used as a weapon in Egypt

Sexual violence is used by Egyptian security forces to repress opposition, alleges a report by the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH). Whilst such tactics are not new to the country, arbitrary arrests and detentions have multiplied since the current military regime came to power in 2013, especially to suppress the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the

Expo by night is worth visiting

Expo by night is worth visiting

Reduced entrance fees, several pavilions open until late, light game, awesome architectures and much more. Expo by night is definitely worth a visit.