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…
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…
Labour’s ‘New Deal’ for workers ignores a key fact – many of our low-paid workforce are here illegally
THE Tory party seems to be out of ideas. Other than clinging on to office.2America's New Deal, enacted in 1933 is said to have lengthened…
‘The goal is to destroy Gaza’: Why Israel rejects a ceasefire with Hamas | Israel War on Gaza News
Israel appears to have been blindsided by Hamas’s announcement on Monday that it had agreed to an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal. But the Israeli government quickly…
Slum to stardom: Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is riding high | Cinema News
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is a busy man. He is on location in the city of Bandung, shooting “a new project”,…
A Eurovision like no other: Israel’s war on Gaza takes centre stage | Israel War on Gaza News
Stockholm, Sweden - Malmo is rarely the centre of attention, but this week, the spotlight is on as the Eurovision Song Contest dominates Sweden's third-largest…