by Heather Hastie | Oct 18, 2015 | Africa, Science & Nature, Winners and Worries
Yesterday I got this great video from Amy Carparelli (@AmyAmylou1993) on Twitter. It’s about the Rare and Endangered Species Trust (REST) in Namibia and the work they’re doing with the pangolin or scaly anteater. If you check out their Facebook page,...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 11, 2015 | Asia, Religion, Terrorism
My number one worry is still Syria, but it’s not the only part of the world that needs to concern us all at the moment. Another is the province of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban is resurgent there, and the people are suffering even more than usual...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 11, 2015 | Africa, Health
Fantastic news! Neither Guinea, Sierra Leone nor Liberia has had any new Ebola cases for almost two weeks. This is the second time Liberia has been declared disease-free, but they had a flare-up in June which set them back. Now though, it looks like they’ve...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 10, 2015 | Simon's Cat
Somehow I’ve missed two new episodes of Simon’s Cat. One was posted almost two months ago and the other just over a week ago. So, without further ago … Pizza Cat (20 August 2015) and Box Clever (1 October 2015)...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 4, 2015 | Sport, Winners and Worries
The Japanese rugby team have been stunning everyone with their impressive performances at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in the United Kingdom. As a Kiwi, I should be writing about our team, the All Blacks. They’ve won all three of their matches so far and are still...
