Taiwanese people look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong's independent booksellers, after series of arrests in recent months An independent bookstore employee is escorted away from 'Have a Nice Stay' independent bookstore by Hong Kong national security police. Photograph: David Chan/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Walking out of one of Hong Kong's last remaining independent bookstores, hands behind her back but head held high, the woman's T-shirt was emblazoned with a simple slogan: “I am a (…)

Delegates attending the Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji next week will be confronting one of the region's most urgent health challenges: the fastest growing HIV outbreak in the world. HIV prevalence among adults in Fiji is now 1.6%. This means about one in 60 adults lives with the virus. This is likely the tip of the iceberg: just one-third of people living with HIV in Fiji know their status, and only a quarter are receiving treatment. Experts project yearly infections will triple by (…)

Poisson n'en peut plus. Alors que la Méditerranée enregistre des températures bien au-dessus des normales saisonnières, les vagues de chaleur marine deviennent de plus en plus fréquentes. Le chercheur en écologie marine Thierry Perez alerte sur les conséquences dévastatrices de ce phénomène sur les écosystèmes. Ce qui réjouit sans doute les baigneur·ses cache une réalité inquiétante : celle d'une vague de chaleur marine qui a commencé il y a une semaine (juste après l'épisode caniculaire (…)