‘We barely make ends meet’: In Italy, some women are postponing motherhood | Women
Giada, a 30-year-old writer, lives in central Italy with her boyfriend, a shop assistant also in his thirties. After several unpaid internships, she finally secured…
Emaciated but alive: Gaza mothers, premature babies reunited in Egypt | Gaza News
Central Gaza Strip – When Noor Reyhan gave birth to her baby boy, the 20-year-old had no idea it would be the first and last…
Adapting in the face of climate change in rural Kenya | Climate Crisis
“Will there be rain? I can’t tell. People used to come to me for advice, but now I tell them that I am also wondering…
From Kolkata’s slums to elite cricket: The story of India’s Saika Ishaque | Cricket
Mumbai, India – Park Circus, a bustling neighbourhood in the heart of India’s historic eastern metropolis Kolkata, is known as a Muslim ghetto by its…
What is Israel’s end game with the Palestinian Authority? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – At dawn on December 8, the sound of gunshots rang out above al-Manara Square, the central roundabout in Ramallah in…
Photos: South Korea island is a field of dreams for young baseball hopefuls | Baseball
Dreaming of making it big in baseball, teenage brothers An Seung-han and An Seung-young travelled hundreds of kilometres away from home to remote Deokjeok Island,…
Analysis: Russia’s tiny, Pyrrhic advances in Ukraine’s east | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian forces are close to rolling into a Ukrainian stronghold of immense strategic and symbolic importance. Troops have almost surrounded Avdiivka, a…
Analysis: Has DR Congo’s Tshisekedi delivered enough to win a second term? | Elections
He had little political experience when Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2019. It was the death…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy faces doubters and detractors in US and EU | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukraine’s president spent the 94th week of Russia’s war rallying support on both sides of the Atlantic, as his troops continued to defend against constant…
Young Kenyans begin boycott of Israeli brands as Gaza war goes on | Israel-Palestine conflict
Nairobi, Kenya – Wairimu Gathimba is on a mission to educate her fellow Kenyans about the Israel-Palestine conflict and get as many as possible to boycott…
Conned, exploited, trapped: Romania’s new flock of Asian delivery riders | Workers’ Rights
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Bucharest, Romania – For six months, Douglas* worked hard at a Bucharest restaurant, cooking…
Badly burned but free, Israa Jaabis on her release from Israeli prison | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Jabal Mukaber, occupied East Jerusalem – Israa Jaabis’s greatest worry, now that she has been released from Hasharon Prison for female Palestinian prisoners, is being…
‘Fighting is all around’: Myanmar faces deepening humanitarian crisis | Conflict News
In late October, Sai Lam had an uneasy feeling. The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), an ethnic armed organisation operating in Myanmar’s northern Shan…
Finding a fix: Nigerian women lead drive to upcycle plastics | Environment
Lagos, Nigeria — For years, Maryam Lawani was really pained when it rained. She lived in the Oshodi Isolo area of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital,…
‘Never giving up’: A former Afghan refugee’s mission to heal trauma | Refugees
Chester, United Kingdom – It is just after 8:30am on a Friday and 40-year-old Waheed Arian is cycling down a path next to a frost-covered…
Analysis: Is the Houthi threat to world order worse than the war on Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
War in Gaza is not a major threat to world peace and international security. This statement may sound cynical, cold, possibly even ill-informed, but it…
‘We are the living dead’: Drought-hit Tunisian villages battle isolation | Climate Crisis
Tunisian villager Ounissa Mazhoud ties two empty jerry cans to a donkey and cautiously descends a stony hill towards the last local source of water.…
How a child’s death caused an Ohio city to turn on its Haitian community | Migration News
Springfield, Ohio – Sony Auguste remembers May 18 well. It was a warm, sunny day in Springfield, Ohio, and a crowd had gathered at the…
When Skiing Santas hit the slopes in Maine, US to kickoff holiday season | In Pictures
Ho ho ho, away they go – Santa’s helpers took the day off with a few hundred of the jolly ol’ elves hitting the slopes.…
Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News
Australians are used to seeing messages with advice on preparing for bushfires and other extreme weather at this time of year. “Amid the Christmas promotions,…