In July came the evacuation orders. We had one option – a bombed Gaza flat | Israel-Palestine conflict
When this war began, I imagined it would last a week or two. Friends living abroad would call to check on us and I’d reassure…
From Somalia to south Oregon – how basketball reunites civil war survivors | Basketball
Ashland, Oregon – Inside the gymnasium at Ashland Middle School, basketballs are bouncing off the backboards and freshly waxed floors, footballs are being kicked between…
‘The sea has taken everything’: How rising salt is destroying Italian coast | Environment
Along the rice fields of Porto Tolle in Veneto, the areas damaged by salt seeping into the soil are clearly visible. It has been caused by…
Palestinians urge world to end Israel’s illegal occupation after ICJ ruling | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Activists and legal experts in the West Bank say Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has found that Israel’s occupation of…
Can salt mitigate hunger? Inside the salt flats of La Guajira, Colombia | Business and Economy News
Some critics point to mismanagement in the salt industry as part of the reason for La Guajira’s economic instability. From 1941 to 2002, the national…
Trump assassination attempt turned US politics upside down in a week… imagine what can happen between now and November
IF a week used to be a long time in politics, now it is an absolute age. During the past seven days, everything in American…
I tested all the supermarket Aperol knock-offs and the best was a THIRD of the price of real thing
SUMMER is hotting up at last – and that means it is Aperol Spritz season.The orange-coloured drink has become a favourite to sip in the…
Israel keeps bombing Gaza schools. Why do people still shelter there? | Gaza
At least eight United Nations-run schools serving as shelters to displaced Palestinians have been hit by Israeli attacks in the last 10 days. The United…
Most explosive Strictly exits after Graziano axed…including brutal sacking day after agent’s death & steamy calendar row
FOR 20 years, Strictly Come Dancing has brought the sparkle to Saturday nights and become one of the most successful shows on British telly. But…
In Kyrgyzstan, an ‘unprecedented crackdown’ on free press raises alarm | Freedom of the Press
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Warsaw, Poland – Last year, Aidai Irgebai had a serious talk with her two sons, aged nine and seven. The boys would…
Fake blood or a deep state plot? Crazed Donald Trump shooting conspiracy theories have revived a very American tradition
CONSPIRACY is as American as apple pie – at least, that’s what they want you to believe.Just seconds after that bullet whistled through Donald Trump’s…
Is RFK Jr truly independent? | US Election 2024
Robert F Kennedy Jr, a member of America’s most famous – and Democratic – political family, is running as an independent candidate in this year’s…
‘My brothers, my brothers!’: Survivors recall chaos after al-Mawasi attacks | Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – On Saturday morning, Waad Abu Zaher was standing on a crowded street in al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip trying to…
Orban’s ‘peacemaking’ mission: Did Hungary’s leader achieve anything? | Russia-Ukraine war News
When Hungarian premier Viktor Orban broke ranks with the rest of the European Union to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 5,…
A ‘tribunal for Putin’ from a Nobel Prize-winning Ukrainian rights defender | Russia-Ukraine war
Kyiv, Ukraine – Years before Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine began in 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk and her Center for Civil Liberties, a Kyiv-based human rights…
Israeli attack on al-Mawasi kills at least 90 people: What we know so far | Gaza
Israeli air strikes on the al-Mawasi camp in southern Gaza have killed at least 90 people and wounded 300 others, according to Palestinian health officials.…
‘We know the tactics they use’: The poachers turned gamekeepers of Kenya | Wildlife
Aberdare National Park, Kenya – Beneath the dense canopy of redwood trees, a uniformed group flanked by armed men treads silently through the thicket, dodging…
Do tampons contain ‘alarming’ quantities of lead and arsenic? | Health News
Tampons, which are used by millions of women, may carry “alarming” amounts of toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, a study by academics in…
As Israel inflicts starvation, I am fighting to feed my baby in Gaza | Gaza
Gaza City – My daughter Lya was just shy of seven months old when Israel’s war on Gaza began. She was born on March 19, 2023,…
Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial architecture | Arts and Culture
Benghazi, Libya – It happened in the middle of the night, as most destructive operations carried out without the consent of the local population are.…