The fall of Mexico’s PRI party, a once-dominant political force | Elections News
Mexico City, Mexico – Such a political turnaround would have been almost unthinkable a decade ago. Since 2009, Alejandra del Moral had been synonymous with…
‘In shadows’: Meta, YouTube black market clouds India election integrity | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – In 2019, political consultant Tushar Giri found himself in a room with a distraught veteran leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
US activists worry about ‘losing major asset’ TikTok as potential ban looms | Social Media
Michael Mezzatesta is a climate educator based in Los Angeles, California. For the last two years, he’s used TikTok and Instagram as a means to…
A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death | Refugees News
Athens, Greece – As noted in his autopsy, 30-year-old Baris Buyuksu had several tattoos. On the inside of his left arm was the invocation, “be…
India’s final vote: In temple town Varanasi, Modi and sarees are winners | India Election 2024
Varanasi, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for mounting spectacular road shows replete with a fawning audience showering petals of marigold…
‘We will win’: South Africa’s ruling ANC confident despite party ‘missteps’ | Elections News
Johannesburg, South Africa – The stadium overflowed with yellow, green and black as tens of thousands of African National Congress (ANC) faithful gathered in Soweto…
Who is Dhruv Rathee? From Modi fan to Indian PM’s most formidable critic | India Election 2024
New Delhi, India — An ominous soundtrack serves as his backdrop as YouTuber Dhruv Rathee appears on the screen. His trademark collarless shirt – red…
Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province | Elections News
Cape Town, South Africa – In the leafy, picturesque southern suburbs of Cape Town, Dee Lackay, 38, is making a new start after leaving Johannesburg…
Coleen Nolan’s ‘hellish’ divorce & Linda Robson’s celibacy… Curse of Loose Women as Ruth Langsford & Eamonn Holmes split
WE'RE all familiar with the Strictly curse but it seems that Loose Women could be under the same unlucky in love spell. Ruth Langsford is…
‘Russia needs China more’: Are Putin and Xi in a marriage of convenience? | Business and Economy News
After China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin pledged a “new era” of partnership, experts are questioning the depth of the relationship between the two…
‘We were not allowed to serve food to our fathers when we had our period’ | Women’s Rights
"When I was young, a girl who got her first period was scared and frightened," Burkinabe grandmother Marie, 73, tells her daughter, Aminata, and teenage…
Palestinian children draw memories of bombed historical buildings | Israel-Palestine conflict
In a bid to keep Palestinian culture alive, children sheltering in Rafah, southern Gaza, have created stunning pictures of historical buildings destroyed in the seven-month…
‘Audacious, outrageous’: Gaza protesters slam Greek deportation order | Protests News
Nine people from the United Kingdom and the European Union member states are facing deportation from Greece days after they took part in a protest…
South Africa universities face Israel scanner as government backs Palestine | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Johannesburg, South Africa – On May 13, 10 tents were pitched on the pristine lawns of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg.…
Scarred by war children in Myanmar ‘cannot have the life they used to have’ | Conflict News
Ever since she witnessed a Myanmar military air strike on her school in February, kindergarten teacher Mi Hser has been haunted by the memory. The…
To understand my dad, I needed to learn about the day he was shot | Israel-Palestine conflict
“Shoulders!” I begged. “Shoulders! Shoulders!” As a child, I loved to ride on my father’s shoulders. Sitting up there, I rubbed the bald spot on…
I lost my sister to sinister 7M TikTok ‘cult’ that lures in viral stars & vows to ‘cure’ sins…but hides sickening abuse
HUGGING sister Miranda for the first time in over a year, Melanie Wilking was shocked by her cold response and the “glazed” eyes she got…
Casa Skate – a new generation of skateboarders in Morocco | Arts and Culture
Casablanca, Morocco – It is 5:30pm and the huge Rachidi skate park – commonly known as “Nevada Park” – in Arab League Park, central Casablanca,…
Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests | Israel-Palestine conflict News
“We are witnessing a great endangerment of academic freedom – and this has started since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza,” says Cecilia, an…
Fearing war with China, civilians in Taiwan prepare for disaster | Conflict News
Taipei, Taiwan - A missile has struck Taiwan's capital and wreaked devastation on an otherwise peaceful park. Moments earlier, pedestrians were strolling along paved streets…