Anxious Zimbabwean migrants, smugglers watch South Africa’s election | Elections News
Gwanda, Zimbabwe – A Toyota Hilux with South African plates parks on the roadside in Nkwana village in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South province and honks its…
Hunger striking royal reform activist dies in custody in Thailand | Politics News
Bangkok, Thailand – Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom was known by her friends and family as courageous, outspoken, and fierce. At just 28 years old, she was…
India’s silent youth crisis: College-educated but poorer than a farm hand | India Election 2024
Ralegaon, India – Sometimes, Shivanand Sawale rues his choices and dreams. Growing up in Dabhadi village in the Yavatmal district of western India’s Maharashtra state,…
In Mexico’s election, candidates grapple with the search for the missing | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador News
Mexico City, Mexico – Mother’s Day on Friday was a sombre occasion for Joanna Alvear of Toluca, Mexico. She began her day with hundreds of…
I watched Ronnie Kray launch a horrific attack on lag for pouring him ‘half a cup’ of tea – but he treated me like a VIP
IN a long career Ronnie Field built up a fortune and once joked his "Barclays, Midlands and National Westminster" were behind his success. But he…
Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister | Politics News
Singapore – For the first time in 20 years, Singapore will inaugurate a new prime minister, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong,…
‘Climbing is for ladies too’: Transforming Malawi into a climbers’ paradise | In Pictures
Mulundi, Malawi – Shalom Maholo dangles off the side of a rock face with a power drill in her hand. The 22-year-old steadies herself before…
Guardians of the glaciers – life alongside Pakistan’s vanishing ice | Environment
Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - As we make our way towards Pakistan's first organic village, an intense one-hour trek along the rugged, steep and unfenced mountainside…
Three delicious posh pasta meals that will feed the family for less than £1
HE is the chef responsible for the #OnePoundMeals social media phenomenon, he has written a series of One Pound Meal cookbooks – and today Miguel…
Mexico City is sinking, running out of water: How can it be saved? | Sustainability
Mexico City, Mexico – Walking through Mexico City’s historic Zocalo district, Dario Solano-Rojas points to signs of a subterranean catastrophe that is under way. The…
Keep calm and carry on: Ukraine’s Kharkiv holds tight under Russian fire | Russia-Ukraine war News
As news of Russia’s spring offensive in Kharkiv started to spread through Kharkiv on Friday, Ukraine’s second biggest city did not descend into panic. No…
This Indian historian fights the far-right, one makeup video at a time | India Election 2024
New Delhi, India – It is close to midnight. Ruchika Sharma sits in her makeshift studio at her home just outside India’s capital, New Delhi,…
A Greek woman feared her ex-partner. He killed her outside a police station | Women
Athens, Greece – On the evening of April 1, a Monday, 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva’s ex-partner stabbed her to death outside a police station in northern…
This Indian historian fights the far-right, one makeup video at a time | India Election 2024
Ghaziabad, India – It is close to midnight. Ruchika Sharma sits in her makeshift studio at her home in Ghaziabad, a city just outside India’s…
‘None of the above’: An election protest brews in India’s coffee export hub | India Election 2024
Araku Valley, India – Gemmala Sita is proud of the coffee beans she grows on what is among the world’s largest organic, fair-trade plantations. Her…
UK students at elite universities join mushrooming pro-Palestine protests | Protests News
London, England – At 3am last Wednesday, as the rain poured down, pro-Palestine students at Bristol University set up an encampment opposite a study centre…
Two mango seasons: A long wait for Pakistan families hit by May 9 violence | Politics
Islamabad, Pakistan – It’s summertime, and mango season in Pakistan. But 25-year-old Amber* can’t stand the sight of the fruit, one of the country’s most…
‘It’s not human’: What a French doctor saw in Gaza as Israel invaded Rafah | Israel War on Gaza
Dr Zouhair Lahna has worked in conflict zones across the globe – Syria, Libya, Yemen, Uganda and Ethiopia – but he has never seen anything…
How food and chopstick skills are helping ease US-China tensions | Politics News
Shanghai, China – “The Chinese take great pride in their food,” read a memo prepared for United States President Richard Nixon ahead of his groundbreaking…
In the US South, pro-Palestinians face crackdown on campus and in streets | Israel War on Gaza News
New Orleans, Louisiana, US – Student protests against the Israeli war on Gaza have rocked the United States over the past few weeks, prompting a…