The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla
A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the issues reported by IG Metall, the workers’ union, are safety…
Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group, has accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”.Now in their 80s and…
Weapon contamination in Ethiopia wrecks limbs and dreams
On his way home from the market, Birhane noticed a group of younger kids kicking a piece of scrap metal. He recognised them from when they had gone to school…
Travelling doctor takes healthcare to Argentina’s remote areas
A rural doctor travels miles of unforgiving terrain by donkey, enduring cold, rain, wind and exhaustion, to visit several dozen families scattered across the highest mountain in the north of…
Facing the fear of water: Refugees learn to swim in Lesbos
YSR has its roots in swimming, explains Estelle Jean, the organisation’s founder and executive director. “In 2016, thousands of people were coming by the sea, especially in the northern part…
Romania sanctuary seeks to save bears as hunting resumes
At a bear sanctuary in the heart of Romania’s Carpathians, several cubs believed to have been orphaned have just arrived.There are fears that more will need shelter now that the country…
Efforts brew to revive ‘green deserts’ in southern India’s tea country
Scattered groves of native trees, flowers and the occasional prehistoric burial ground are squeezed between hundreds of thousands of tea shrubs in southern India’s Nilgiris region – a gateway to…
No more monkey mania as Thai city clamps down
Marauding monkeys will not face slingshots any more in the historic Thai city of Lopburi, where they have been rounded up and sterilised after turning rampant over the past four…
A day in the life of a New Delhi roadside barber
Rajesh Kumar moved to Delhi from Bihar in 1999 at the age of 18 to help his father run a barber’s stall on the roadside in the Jasola area, a…
The devastation brought by Spain’s floods of the century
Twelve days have passed since catastrophic flash floods carved a muddy scar through eastern Spain, killing more than 200 people and soiling the homes of thousands more.Apocalyptic scenes speak to the terrifying…
Breaking the cycle of child physical punishment in the Philippines
In the Philippines, the Tagalog word "pamamalo" refers to the corporal punishment of children.This violent means of domestic punishment, which typically involves beating a child by hand or with the…
Photos: Hurricane Rafael batters Cuba, plunging the island into a blackout
Less than a month after Hurricane Milton churned over the island of Cuba, the country has been struck by yet another powerful storm: Hurricane Rafael.Rafael made landfall on Wednesday as…