Once known for illicit liquor production and alcoholism, Marottichal has transformed into India’s “Chess Village”, writing a ...

Thanks to his office, Donald Trump is becoming richer. His behaviour fits a well-known pattern of corruption. The hope for the US mid-term elections in early November is that people have noticed.

Young women in Delhi choose safer routes and carry pepper spray out of fear of sexual violence. After another shocking ...

As Sudan’s capital is slowly recovering from having been a theatre of war for two years, grassroots book fairs and cycling ...

The city of Wazirabad is famous for its handcrafted cutlery. But workers who spend decades grinding and polishing metal can ...

Sitting unsettled in her business kiosk along Cairo road – one of the busiest highways in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital –, 25-year-old Susan Chembo narrated through tears how she had been conned of her ...

Crystal meth, fentanyl and other drugs that are made in a laboratory are a booming business with global supply chains. Mexico ...

On the Indonesian volcanic island of Flores, a state-owned company is pushing ahead with controversial geothermal projects in ...

Between 2015 and 2024, more than 960 million people gained access to safe drinking water and 1.2 billion to safe sanitation. This is undoubtedly a success. Nevertheless, according to the World Bank, 2 ...

It was a small ray of hope amidst great suffering: when the residents of the village of Beshonai in Buner District in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were severely affected by floods ...

Quite evidently, poverty, lack of education and traditional attitudes mattered very much. For a long time, however, South Africa’s government – then led by President Thabo Mbeki – stayed in denial, ...

In January 2025, during US-President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebrations, his ally and consultant, Elon Musk, made a gesture that many perceived as a Nazi salute. This act sparked widespread ...