Sick of the same old American political headlines? Take a journey Around the World with OZY. Today we meet a Polish left-wing rebel challenging a controversial conservative government, delve into the world's biggest crypto scams that no one's talking about, and discover why traditional and modern medicine (pictured) can fight the coronavirus together.
| Ugandans have lost about $1 billion, or almost 4 percent of the country’s GDP, in the past two years. That's more than any other nation. A series of large cryptocurrency scams is rocking Uganda, turning the East African nation into an unlikely hub for fraudulent firms claiming to offer digital currencies, while preying on weak governance and low financial literacy. Other major cryptocurrency scams in 2019 involved developed economies like Japan, the U.K. and the Netherlands. But Uganda is the worst hit — by far. At least five cryptocurrency firms have closed shop and walked away with a total of more than $26 million of their clients’ money in the past six months. From students and churchgoers to army officers and government officials, the victims span Ugandan society — costing some 200,000 Ugandans a total of about $1 billion, or almost 4 percent of the country’s GDP, over the past two years. | READ NOW |
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| | Students Ayelen Salgado and Victor Chanfreau are leading street protests targeting the source of Chile's raging inequality — education. Ayelen Salgado and Victor Chanfreau have just finished high school, but the 18-year-olds can’t pinpoint the last time they went to class. They both admit they skipped quite a lot in the past year, “but we made sure we got good grades,” says Chanfreau, earnestly. It’s not because they’re slackers — the pair have kept busy as lead spokespeople of the student-run Coordinating Assembly for Secondary Students (known by the Spanish-language acronym ACES). Their main fight is for equal education in one of the world’s most unequal countries, starting with a college entrance exam that skews toward the well-off. | READ NOW |
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| | Adrian Zandberg came up as a revolutionary. Now to get into power, he's trying pragmatism on for size. |
| | India's traditional medicine ministry drew ridicule recently after claiming cures for the coronavirus. But the joke is on modern medicine too. |
| | The surprising emergence of these languages comes as the traditional ones spoken by Australia's indigenous people are rapidly dying out. |
| | Flags are often used to reflect patriotic fervor. In this case, the passion is downright fiery. |
| | A unique overlap in markets is leading to a rare marriage between luxury and gaming in China. |
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