Belarusians who fought against Russia with Ukraine face new battle | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ivan Tamashevich has battled alongside Kyiv’s forces against Russia on various fronts. But at 39, two years after enlisting, he gave up…
Indian government agency spent millions promoting BJP election slogans | India Election 2024 News
Mumbai, India — In November, as India’s election campaign was beginning to take shape, a catchphrase coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party…
‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for woes | India Election 2024
Kolkata, India — Amirul Laskar has been out of a job for the past three months, since the jute mill where he was employed shut operations…
‘Bring Julian home’: the Australian campaign to free Assange | Julian Assange News
Melbourne, Australia – At home in Australia, Julian Assange’s family and friends are preparing for his possible extradition to the United States, ahead of what could…
James Cleverly is too late to lock the stable door & rein in the mob – the police have lost control
ON a sunny spring evening last week, five young black men walked shoulder-to-shoulder through London’s Green Park Tube station. I have no idea who they…
This researcher found billions in ‘invisible’ gold in Jo’burg’s mine dumps | Mining
Johannesburg, South Africa – As a teenager living on the East Rand of Johannesburg, Steve Chingwaru thought the flat-topped mounds of rock and earth that…
Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation? | Environment News
Santa Cruz Cabralia, Bahia, Brazil – With a loud whir, the drone takes flight. Minutes later, the humming sound gives way to a distinctive rattling…
Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees | Migration News
Lebanon and the Lebanese people are still suffering a debilitating economic crisis that has gripped the country since 2019. The pound has plummeted to less…
‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time | Arts and Culture
A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred…
India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi? | India Election 2024 News
Amethi/Rae Bareli, India – Irfan*, a tea stall owner, is convinced that change is afoot. “There has not been much traffic on this road from…
As Israel attacked Gaza’s north, 26 members of his family were wiped out | Israel War on Gaza
In Gaza’s north, two roads run between the city of Jabalia to the Jabalia refugee camp. As-Sikka Street passes along the route of the railway…
Anxious Zimbabwean migrants, smugglers watch South Africa’s election | Elections News
Gwanda, Zimbabwe – A Toyota Hilux with South African plates parks on the roadside in Nkwana village in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South province and honks its…
Hunger striking royal reform activist dies in custody in Thailand | Politics News
Bangkok, Thailand – Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom was known by her friends and family as courageous, outspoken, and fierce. At just 28 years old, she was…
India’s silent youth crisis: College-educated but poorer than a farm hand | India Election 2024
Ralegaon, India – Sometimes, Shivanand Sawale rues his choices and dreams. Growing up in Dabhadi village in the Yavatmal district of western India’s Maharashtra state,…
In Mexico’s election, candidates grapple with the search for the missing | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador News
Mexico City, Mexico – Mother’s Day on Friday was a sombre occasion for Joanna Alvear of Toluca, Mexico. She began her day with hundreds of…
I watched Ronnie Kray launch a horrific attack on lag for pouring him ‘half a cup’ of tea – but he treated me like a VIP
IN a long career Ronnie Field built up a fortune and once joked his "Barclays, Midlands and National Westminster" were behind his success. But he…
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…