The Asian-focused BBC World News offers some interesting information:
- Today is the 40th anniversary of the birth of Hip Hop (in the Bronks)
- Two elections with long-serving dodgy, bully boy political leaders are contesting election results: Cambodia and Zimbabwe
- A typhoon is currently tearing through the Philippines, the tail end of which is hitting Phuket (this explains the deluge during our island boat cruise).
- Half the world’s languages will disappear within 20 years, based on current trends, largely as result of young people favouring English as the global tongue of technology and social media, over their first language. It is describe by a Chinese critic as the socio-economic pressure of English (you might as well say America) as the dominant language. All the commentators interviewed emphasize how important it is to keep these languages alive.
- A young Thai woman (18) became the world badminton champion today.
- Ayam Akhavan, an Iranian lawyer who as a child witnessed his uncle being executed for being a Baha'i, speaks eloquently and passionately at length about his campaign to address human rights abuses and genocide all over the world. What a courageous spunk- I think I’m in love!
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