‘A legend for our people’: Inside an Indigenous activist’s death in Brazil | Indigenous Rights News
Uruçuca, Brazil – Mukunã Pataxó remembers his aunt began to sing moments before the gunfire rang out. Maria de Fátima Muniz, 52, was a spiritual…
Is nuclear power the key to space exploration? | Space
Nuclear power is experiencing a renaissance on Earth, and in space. Whether we’re talking about lunar bases or space exploration, nuclear might be the key…
‘Call it by its name’: How hateful rhetoric feeds anti-Palestinian violence | Israel War on Gaza News
Burlington, Vermont – With Israel waging war in the Gaza Strip and violence reaching new heights in the occupied West Bank, Hisham Awartani’s family thought…
Why were Muslim prisoners in the US pepper-sprayed while praying? | Human Rights
On February 28, 2021, just after 9pm, nine Muslim men removed their shoes, lined up in single file, and knelt quietly for Isha, their faith’s…
‘Jolt to reality’: Gaza war forces voter rethink ahead of South Africa poll | Elections
Cape Town, South Africa – Three months to South Africa’s much-anticipated general elections, the political landscape is being remade. Since Cyril Ramaphosa became president in…
Abu Jawad’s heart breaks daily as he buries the people killed by Israel | Israel War on Gaza
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Before October 7, Saadi Hassan Sulieman Baraka, nicknamed Abu Jawad, had a routine. He would pray the dawn prayer, have dukkah…
Brazil’s Fordlandia: Tracing the roots of Amazon deforestation | Environment News
Aveiro, Brazil – The flames roared higher than a hundred feet, sending smoke billowing across the jungle. Boars scattered from the underbrush. Toucans shot from…
The Malawians braving climate shocks and red tape to make banana wine | Agriculture
Karonga, Malawi – Regina Mukandawire has been growing bananas on her small farm in the Karonga district in northern Malawi for more than 16 years.…
Ahead of election, tension brews in Kashmir over tribal caste quotas | Indigenous Rights
Tral, Indian-administered Kashmir – Like many people from his nomadic tribal community, Bashir Ahmed Gujjar, a 70-year-old shepherd, never went to school. Poor and often…
With lives shattered by war, Ukrainian teens build new dreams | Russia-Ukraine war
Two years ago, Ukrainian teenagers were busy with friendships, falling in love and trying out new things, just like their peers in other countries. But…
How Mia McKenna-Bruce overcame tough childhood and panic attacks to be crowned as ‘rising star’ by Bafta
BEAMING from ear to ear, Mia McKenna-Bruce looked overwhelmed with happiness as she clutched her Rising Star trophy at the Bafta Film Awards. The 26-year-old…
‘Our bodies know the pain’: Why Norway’s reindeer herders want Gaza peace | Indigenous Rights
Fosen Peninsula, Norway – A herd of reindeer running through thick, white snow sounds a bit like thunder. It is a spectacle that has been replayed…
How Kagiso Lediga became the most sought-after filmmaker in South Africa | Arts and Culture
As a teenager in drama school in Cape Town in the 1990s, Kagiso Lediga was bored by the heavy focus on theatre and Shakespeare in…
What’s in an Indian lion’s name? A roaring dispute | Religion
The Calcutta High Court this week told the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal to consider renaming two lions in a zoo-cum-animal…
Where ‘love transcends language’: Kashmir’s silent village | Health
Dadkhai, Jammu and Kashmir, India - Dressed in their finest shalwar-kameez and sporting well-trimmed moustaches, a group of men deliberate over the terms of a…
Mexico’s teachers seek relief from pandemic-era spike in school robberies | Education News
Guadalajara, Mexico – In Maria Soto’s classroom, nearly half of the fourth-graders have not yet learned how to read. The rest are at least a…
It’s time the Government stopped harming racing with intrusive meddling & gave the Sport of Kings backing it deserves
TODAY thousands of Sun readers will enjoy a small flutter on a horse race, placing their bet while on a racecourse, in a betting shop…
Two years after Putin ordered a war on Ukraine, what’s changed in Russia? | Russia-Ukraine war News
On December 30, a volley of rocket fire hit the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border. “I live in the very centre of…
The latest industry upset with the use of AI: Fashion | Technology
New York City, USA – Last week, the fashion world descended on New York City for New York Fashion Week (NYFW). The bi-annual event celebrated…
‘Hell for us’: Why Yemenis fear the US Houthi ‘terrorist’ designation | Houthis
Sanaa, Yemen — Abdu Yahia is no supporter of the Houthis. But the 37-year-old Sanaa resident has been praying for the past month that the armed…