Always remember:
BE Kind, BE Fair, BE Honest, BE True
and all these things will come back to you
Anon
Tetbury CONNECT
NEWS GLOBAL
THIS WEEK'S STORIES
From a myriad of news and feature articles published throughout the world each week, a selection is made to republish on Connect. From those selected, our local editorial team choose specific themes to share.
Our intention is to make available thought provoking articles on major topics of interest in today's world. Whilst we have no answers, we understand enough to know, we all need to ask searching questions.
We hope you find the selection valuably informative.
FALSE AND DECEPTIVE?
A maker of bottled water faces a lawsuite - for alleged "false and deceptive marketing." PepsiCo claims its products are "pure" and its business practices are "sustainable" - even though plastic is a pollutant?
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BOTH ENDS ARE EXPLOITED?
Young people are desperate for money - and older people are desperate for donor organs to keep them alive. The international human organ trade makes lucrative use of this tragic situation.
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DO AS THEY SAY - NOT DO?
The new head of the Charity Commission - the UK gov't regulator of charities - has been criticised for failing to be politically neutral. But charities - in contrast - have to be careful about their political views?
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POPULATION DROP - CHINA
China's population is shrinking - despite a recent increase in births - the first in 7rs. The gov't has tried to persuade people to be patriotic - ie reproduce - but perhaps people are now used to small families?
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POPULATION DROP - JAPAN
Japan's population is at a record low - for the 14th year in a row. Does the shrinking workforce - along with fewer people buying goods - threaten our current system, based as it is on growth and consumerism?
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GERMAN COURT RULES
Is this a beginning of a new approach to migrants landing in Germany? Time will tell. True refugees have a different profile to those landing on the UK south coast - being young fit fighting-age males?
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The above small selection of articles, have been chosen from the many we've collected.
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