‘I’m scared, but I’ll carry on’: Venezuelans caught between hope and fear | Protests News 3 AugustJohn Adams Caracas, Venezuela – As dark clouds hung above an unusually empty street in the neighbourhood of Petare, Eglle Camacho started to hear a [...]
‘Opening horizons’: Why Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo champions women | Arts and Culture 1 AugustJohn Adams Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian actor and filmmaker Dian Sastrowardoyo started her career as a model when she was just a teenager, hoping to [...]
‘Trapped in the past:’ How some US states restrict voting after felonies | US Election 2024 News 1 AugustJohn Adams For Mason, the trouble started in 2016. A mother of three, she had recently been released from custody after serving a sentence for [...]
In India’s Assam, ‘hopes dashed’ for high returns on oil palm production | Business and Economy 31 JulyJohn Adams Jorhat, India: Priya Ram Duwarah has planted 60 oil palm seedlings in his half-hectare (1.2 acres) of agricultural land at Mohara village in [...]
Shot in the eyes, victims of Bangladesh protest violence face dark future | Protests 29 JulyJohn Adams Dhaka, Bangladesh — Within the sterile walls of the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH) in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, a sombre scene [...]
‘My baby girl was born on the street’: A traumatic birth in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict 28 JulyJohn Adams Every morning, Alaa al-Nimer wakes up to bathe her six-month-old daughter, Nimah. There is no running water – there hasn’t been for many [...]
World Cup 2.0 – Why women’s Olympic football is a must watch at Paris 2024 | Paris Olympics 2024 20 JulyJohn Adams Less than a year after the global breakout success of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia, a good number of that tournament’s [...]
Israel keeps bombing Gaza schools. Why do people still shelter there? | Gaza 18 JulyJohn Adams At least eight United Nations-run schools serving as shelters to displaced Palestinians have been hit by Israeli attacks in the last 10 days. [...]
B.C.-made material to be used by Max Space, NASA for habitats on moon 16 JulyJohn Adams A small West Coast company is helping astronauts return to the moon in 2026. ALUULA Composites has signed on to provide its durable, [...]