Dede Sophie

One of my favourite things about switching to veganism (along with a reduced risk of heart disease and colon cancer) is the amount of questions I get asked (along with the ones I ask myself) – from whether vegans eat bread or not to whether you can be a vegan without being condescending , the questions are abundant. Today’s question is as so: which is the better place for vegans, Europe or the USA? Or, to keep in with this blog’s name sake: Europe Vs USA, which is best for vegans? Vegan In Europe Vs Vegan In the USA And, imo, it’s a fair question. They are similar in size (10.53 million km^2 and 9.834 km^2 respectively) albeit not so similar in population size (Europe has more than double the people that the USA does). They are both, arguably, the centres of the Global North (sorry Canada and Australia). There are many people that would only feel safe in one of these (though that, imo, is a mistake – anywhere can be safe, and anywhere can be unsafe, depen...

Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister and Lae MP John Rosso has been declared on first preferential votes this evening scoring almost 27 thousand votes. Rosso collected 26,864 primary votes reaching 50 per-cent plus one or  absolute majority of the total votes. The votes were received across Lae city from 65 wards. He thanked the people of Lae for showing the confidence and returning him overwhelmingly in his victory speech at the Sir Ignatius Kilage stadium. “Bikpla thank you tru long ol pipol blong Lae disla absolute majority yupela sowim, me tok thank you and I stand very humble before all you peers. Me no stretpela man me wankain olsem yupela tasol I will do my best to ensure that Lae rightfully deserves its place as the second largest city of PNG.” Rosso further condemned election related violence in Markham and Kabuwm district which saw ballot boxes and papers destroyed.  ” Yupela bakarapim ol box na bakarapim democratic process ya me condemim. Em no gutpla pasi...