Israel, genocide and whether the ICJ matters
International Court of Justice orders Israel to avoid genocidal acts, provide humanitarian aid — but will it be enough? Source link
Of course straight-talker Kemi Badenoch backs Rishi – this shooting star does not want to be seen rocking a sinking ship
KEMI BADENOCH insists she backs Rishi Sunak as PM and deplores the so-called “friends” clamouring for her to bring him down. She may well be…
Twenty-four hours on a Mediterranean rescue ship – from Mayday to rescue | Features
Mediterranean Sea - An overcrowded wooden boat carrying 126 refugees and migrants drifts in the central Mediterranean. In the cramped space below deck, men huddle…
Week in pictures: From wildfires in Columbia to the Venice Carnival
A photo roundup of some of last week’s events. Source link
‘Thrown like animals’: Georgians identify victims in Stalin’s mass graves | Human Rights
Batumi, Georgia – Natalia Kuznetsova stares tight-lipped at the abandoned house her grandfather Hasan Dishli Oglu built in the 1930s. Her father was just a toddler…
From bizarre predictions to sinister jokes – the infamous last words of condemned Death Row killers
KILLER Kenneth Smith used his final words on Death Row this week as a powerful protest – but not everyone has something profound to say.…
‘Like a mafia’: Israeli settlers, forces squeeze Palestinian shepherds out | Israel War on Gaza
Ein al-Hilweh, occupied West Bank – With two of his sons in prison and his cattle pens – his livelihood – all but emptied, Palestinian…
Brutality of oppression: Ai Weiwei speaks on Gaza, China and New York City | Arts and Culture
“Power is afraid of art and poets,” writes Ai Weiwei in Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir. He would know. The renowned artist is a notorious rankler…
Packed Tanzania protests offer hope but reforms remain a distant dream | Protests
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – As thousands of supporters carrying placards stating their demands marched through Dar-es-Salaam on Wednesday, opposition party Chadema deputy chairperson Tunde Lissu declared…
The Sundarbans dilemma: Islands swallowed by water, and nowhere else to go | Climate Crisis
Sundarbans, India – Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion.…
Stories of ‘beating the odds’ in China draw dark responses from wary public | Social Media News
A honeymoon in Western Tibet came to a tragic end in October when the newlyweds crashed their car on a mountain road after suffering altitude…
Uganda’s first Oscar-nominated film tells story of Bobi Wine persecution | Arts and Culture
Kampala, Uganda – This January, when Bobi Wine learned that the film documenting his 2021 Ugandan presidential bid had been nominated for an Academy Award, he…
Has Israel realised that it can’t ‘eradicate’ Hamas? | Israel War on Gaza News
In early January, Israel announced that it was withdrawing some of its forces from northern Gaza after “dismantling” Hamas’s military activities in the region. Three…
‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony | Politics
Mumbai, India – Driving through the Mira Road neighbourhood of Mumbai was a usual affair for 21-year-old Mohammad Tariq, who ran errands on his father’s…
Seeking medical care, one family races anticipated US border restrictions | Migration News
Medellin, Colombia – Victor Hidalgo Lopez had already carried his three-year-old daughter through 10 countries by the time they reached Mexico. Along the way, they used…
Blinken looks to bolster West African security partnerships after setbacks | Armed Groups
Lagos, Nigeria – This week during his visit to the Ivorian capital Abidjan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pledged $45m to boost coastal West…
‘Medicine in Gaza’: A doctor’s guide to treating Gaza’s sick and wounded | Israel War on Gaza
Gaza Strip – There is one moment that has so far defined Mousa al-Buhaisi’s work as a young doctor in Gaza. The 25-year-old who recently…
Sudan’s Hemedti embraced abroad as he terrorises civilians at home | Features News
On January 6, Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo, better known as “Hemedti”, visited the memorial in Kigali that commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Hemedti…
In India an algorithm declares them dead; they have to prove they’re alive | Technology
This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Rohtak and New Delhi, India: Dhuli Chand was 102 years old on…
How an algorithm denied food to thousands of poor in India’s Telangana | Poverty and Development
This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Hyderabad and New Delhi, India – Bismillah Bee can’t conceive of owning…