Sikhs celebrate harvest festival of Baisakhi, marking new year | Religion
Baisakhi is an ancient festival symbolising the new harvest season and the beginning of the solar new year. In gurdwaras, or Sikh temples, people participate…
Will the Palestinian tech sector decouple from Israel? | Israel War on Gaza
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – In early March, a Uruguayan e-commerce company sent Marwan Khanfar and others a message on Slack. “Good morning [company] team,…
‘Bullet in my head’: The Indian man who crawled to escape Russia’s Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war
Thiruvananthapuram, India – A tangled gun strap almost cost Prince Sebastian his life. It was 6pm local time on February 4. Prince and his contingent of…
Inside Victoria Beckham’s posh 50th birthday bash with surprisingly ‘casual’ theme, A-list pals and ex of pop superstar
SHE burst on to the pop scene 28 years ago as one fifth of the all-singing, all-dancing Spice Girls. On Wednesday, Victoria Beckham turns 50…
Ant and Dec’s best Saturday Night Takeaway moments EVER as duo promise ‘party to end all parties’ to close show
ANT and Dec have vowed to throw “the party to end all parties” to polish off the last ever Saturday Night Takeaway. The Geordie duo…
Agadez, Niger’s gateway to the Sahara, finds new life in the migrant trade | Migration
Agadez, Niger - Ousmane Kouyate* stands beside a petrol station on National Road 25 that runs through Agadez, more than 900km north of Niger’s capital…
‘At war until you die’: Ukraine scraps service limit, angering tired troops | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – After almost two years of military service on the front lines of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Alina’s husband is “enraged” about the new…
Before India election, Instagram boosts Modi AI images that violate rules | India Election 2024
Bengaluru, India – In early March, a realistic AI-generated image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, styled as Bhishma Pitamah from the ancient Hindu epic…
‘Don’t touch my constitution!’ Togolese resist reforms ahead of election | Elections News
Tensions are rising in Togo over major constitutional reforms ahead of delayed parliamentary elections. The constitutional reboot was approved by lawmakers last month but resubmitted…
‘We’re a single village’: India seals Myanmar border, dividing families | Politics
Zokhawthar, Mizoram, India – For 61-year-old Vanlalchaka, the past few weeks have been filled with anxiety. In the northeastern Indian border village of Zokhawthar, perched…
Forced from home, these Colombians struggle to live in a basketball stadium | Migration News
Buenaventura, Colombia – Day after day, month after month, Consuelo Manyoma waits for news that it is safe for her family of seven to return home.…
Why has Arizona re-enacted a 160-year-old abortion ban? | Women’s Rights
Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled that a 160-year-old law that places a near total ban on abortions may go back into effect in 14 days.…
Why are British farmers pleading for a universal basic income? | Agriculture News
A new lobby group in the United Kingdom is calling for a universal basic income (UBI) for all British farmers amid concerns that government funding…
Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing
Cape Town, South Africa – In the backyard of a small house in Cape Town’s Mitchells Plain stands a one-room corrugated iron structure. Inside, Cheryl-Ann…
Why a Sri Lankan island is sparking an Indian election controversy | India Election 2024
New Delhi, India – Fifty years after India and Sri Lanka settled a long-simmering dispute over a tiny island, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has…
Indigenous people in Philippines’s north ‘ready to fight’ as tensions rise | South China Sea News
This is the second of two reports from the Philippines's northernmost province of Batanes. You can read the first – from Mavulis Island – here.…
‘Accepted in both [worlds]’: Indonesia’s Chinese Muslims prepare for Eid | Religion News
Jakarta, Indonesia – Millions of Muslims across Indonesia, including some of its ethnic Chinese minority, are preparing for Lebaran, as Indonesians call Eid, the festival…
In Michigan, a Ramadan like no other as Muslims grapple with Gaza’s siege | Israel War on Gaza News
Dearborn Heights, Michigan, the US – For most of her life, Yasmeen Hamed has been an observant Muslim. But by her own admission, she did…
In Italy, a Palestinian lawyer who fled Gaza builds Israel genocide case | Israel War on Gaza News
Messina, Italy – Piles of court documents in English and Arabic filled the desk and covered the floor of Triestino Mariniello’s home office for much of…
Three ways Phil Foden has been transformed into Man City’s new David Silva and England’s Euro 2024 swiss army knife
WHEN David Silva announced he was leaving English football at the end of the 2019/20 season to return to Spain with Real Sociedad, Manchester City…