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Updated 2025-07-13 07:46
Immigrant communities connect with Indigenous products to nurture, heal during pandemic
Cihuapactli Collective, a group based in Phoenix, provides food packages to immigrant communities full of Indigenous products that connect and heal families with ancestral nutrition.
Colombian singer Carlos Vives: Protecting the environment is the ‘only way to save folklore’
In an interview with The World’s Latin America correspondent, Jorge Valencia, the well-known pop singer talks about how the environment shapes his music.
Two sides of a Mexican American family show how identity and politics diverge
Marlene Herrera’s parents split up when she was young, and she divides her time between their households. While her father’s side supported Trump, her mother’s side mostly rooted for Biden.
Fears over Indonesia’s 'Jurassic Park'
Charging foreigners for an encounter with these giant lizards is a niche industry in Indonesia’s Flores Island and its environs. This is the natural habitat of the Komodo dragon.
A therapists' network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic
The Latinx Therapists Action Network, with a presence in 20 US states, works with therapists committed to supporting immigrant communities and the movements allied with them.
Undeterred by ICC decision, Uighurs hail EU, UK steps toward holding China accountable
For several years, Beijing repeatedly denied allegations of genocide. But some recent developments suggest 2021 may see a breakthrough in the Uighurs’ long struggle for justice, with help from a new group of international lawmakers.
Is Singapore’s approval of lab-grown meat a win for the climate?
The global market for meat alternatives, which includes cultured and imitation meats, is currently at about $14 billion. But environmentalists doubt some of the claimed benefits.
Royal Spanish Academy dismisses movement to make Spanish more gender-inclusive
LGBTQ and feminist activists have spearheaded a movement to use the letter “e” to diverge from the binary structure of masculine "o" or feminine "a" in Spanish. But the Royal Spanish Academy, the leading authority on Spanish grammar and vocabulary, has yet to recognize the need for this shift.
No joke! How two cartoonists spurred revolution during the Arab uprisings.
Syria's Ali Ferzat and Egypt's Mohamed Anwar radically departed from long-established rules about how to depict their leaders. Their images served as a catalyst for massive uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011.
Arab Spring: 'It's time to rethink' US approach to the Middle East, says Kim Ghattas
Though historians debate whether Washington could have been more assertive in responding to Middle East uprisings a decade ago, some observers believe former President Barack Obama let down the revolutionaries.
A 'hero' of 2015 France terror attacks reflects on trial verdict
As verdicts were announced in a trial centered around the January 2015 Paris terror attacks, Lassana Bathily — who was praised for saving about 15 people in a kosher supermarket — says he still struggles with the word hero: “I prefer the term good citizen. A good citizen who simply acted quickly in the moment.”
Arab uprisings: What role did social media really play?
The revolts a decade ago were among the first major protests in the age of omnipresent mobile phones, with social-network revolutions powered by Twitter and Facebook.
Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi's protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.
“One day, I hope all Tunisians live in dignity. That’s what my brother wished for,” said Leila Bouazizi, sister of the Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010.
Mexico's battered tourism sector teeters fine line between economy and public health
Navigating economic survival while trying to minimize harm to public health has been difficult for many in the tourism sector as COVID-19 cases continue to soar.
10 years after the Arab uprisings, Egypt at ‘lowest point’ for human rights
Egypt has gone from a human rights success story to a place where thousands have been detained or executed — and human rights activists have gone underground.
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! 245 years on, devotees celebrate with virtual tours of the writer's home
This year, Jane Austen fans are drawing parallels between the novelist's 18th-century life of limited freedoms and the pandemic of 2020.
A poem penned during Libya’s 2011 uprising continues to inspire hope
Libyan American poet Khaled Mattawa penned "Now That We Have Tasted Hope" in 2011, on the heels of an uprising in Libya that led to the ousting of President Muammar Gaddafi. Looking back, the poem's message of hope still resonates.
Executions under Trump administration buck global trend away from death penalty
"There is no doubt that the US is an outlier when it comes to its use of capital punishment," says Delphine Lourtau, executive director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.
International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into US police violence
The Trump administration thwarted an investigation specifically into the US. But that didn’t deter those who believe an independent inquiry is necessary.
To cheer up COVID-19 patients, Israeli hospitals send in the clowns
Israel is considered a world leader in medical clowning. When the pandemic hit back in March, one clown knew she could help COVID-19 patients at her hospital — no matter their ages.
'Food for our soul': Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown
Franco Belgian cellist Camille Thomas is performing solo at some of Paris' most striking art venues during France's second COVID-19 lockdown.
Kept from foreign universities during pandemic, Chinese students form ‘study pods’ in shared housing
Remote learning has been hard for millions of students worldwide, but for the ones living half a world away from school in the US and Canada, the time zone differences and isolation have taken an added toll.
Film shows how Yemen's health workers struggle to save young victims of malnutrition
The youngest casualties of the civil war are not from fighting. Malnutrition kills some children and stunts the growth of others. A new film profiles the work of doctors and nurses who treat them.
In landmark decision, Denmark will phase out oil and gas by 2050. Here's how.
The Danish parliament voted this month to stop issuing new leases for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and end oil production by 2050, making Denmark the first major-oil producing country in the world to decide to phase out production.
‘African in New York’: Shirazee's personal twist on an iconic song by Sting
With Sting's blessing, Benin-born musician Shirazee flipped his 1988 hit "Englishman in New York," to "African in New York." Host Marco Werman speaks to Shirazee about his inspiration for the song.
Five years into Paris agreement, net-zero pledges are boosting optimism
Climate negotiators are still considering how best to drastically cut carbon emissions to meet the ambitious targets of the landmark accord, a half-decade on.
‘I feel really good’: Afro Latino first-time voter looks forward to Biden administration
Brayan Guevara, a 20-year-old first-time Afro Latino voter in North Carolina, is an independent who ultimately decided to support Democratic candidate Joe Biden. He said the election validated that “my voice matters.”
Vaccine wars: Brazil needs China's COVID-19 shot, but Bolsonaro prefers Oxford jab
In South America's biggest country, a populist president has taken an ideological stand against help from Beijing in ending the pandemic. But Brazilian scientists want to put public health and science over politics.
This group in Japan is on a mission to correct English mistranslations
For the most part, the mistakes are unintentional. They're largely the result of automated translation by products such as Google Translate.
Canary Islands face influx of migrants from West Africa
About 20,000 African migrants have reached the Spanish archipelago this year, half of whom arrived in the last two months alone. More than 500 have died attempting the journey.
Ethiopians from conflict-torn Tigray region say they face ethnic profiling
Hundreds of arrest warrants have been issued against military personnel and civilians suspected of being involved with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, but ordinary Tigrayans have claimed they too are being targeted.
Critics say Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon upsets the civilian-military power balance
Some national security experts expressed concerns about the balance of civilian-military power if the Pentagon is led by a retired general. The World spoke to Rosa Brooks, the co-founder of the Leadership Council for Women.
Iconic ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag gets refashioned as a meditation on migration
Photographer Obinna Obioma transforms the iconic "Ghana Must Go" bag into a powerful narrative about migration, nostalgia and longing for home.
As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, does the world face 'tragedy of the commons'?
David McAdams, an economist at Duke University, has been thinking a lot about the nearly 200-year-old concept lately — and how it applies to efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic.
Under a Biden presidency, what will become of Trump’s border wall?
The Trump administration is expected to finish some 450 miles of border wall by the end of the year, and Indigenous groups on both sides of the border are looking to the future.
Ukraine is wild about mushrooms — even during the pandemic
This year, a bumper crop of mushrooms is rewarding locals with plenty to eat and sell to restaurants, which is helping some families navigate an economic downturn during the pandemic. But mushroom-foraging tours have suffered.
Nagorno-Karabakh refugees are beginning to return home, but many are still displaced
Although rebuilding has started here, for some, too much has been lost.
How the West came to dominate our brains
It’s a weird, weird world.
Exiled Venezuelan dissident says Sunday's National Assembly elections are a 'fraud'
Leopoldo López, in exile in Spain, is speaking out against the Venezuelan National Assembly elections being held Sunday by the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
At this Roman bar, talk about anything. Just not COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic comes with a heavy psychological toll. So, Cristina Mattioli, a bar owner in Rome, banned talking about it to encourage her customers to focus on more positive things.
A Uighur poem of ‘unimaginable suffering’ travels from Chinese internment camp to New Jersey
"No Road Back Home,” by Abduqadir Jalalidin, a detained Uighur poet, bears witness to the suffering of Uighurs detained in Chinese so-called “reeducation” camps.
Do offices have a future?
We may have left office jobs in the prepandemic world.
How women and girls are especially at risk of hunger during the pandemic
They are more likely to go without food so others in their family can eat. And, for them, hunger leads to other dangers.
The key to combating vaccine hesitancy? Deep listening, tailored messaging.
Once vaccines are distributed across the globe, people will need to agree to take them. The World spoke to Julie Leask, who researches vaccine hesitancy, on how to address people's questions.
How grassroots groups are getting Latinos to the polls in Georgia
Grassroots organizations are out mobilizing every vote they can muster for the state of Georgia's Jan. 5 runoff election, including a crucial campaign targeting Latino voters.
Climate activists are taking their case to court — at The Hague and beyond
Environmental groups try fresh legal tactics with a new lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands, and also the first-ever climate-related case at the European Court of Human Rights.
In the face of climate change, children must build resilience to cope with PTSD
Two hurricanes hit Central America back-to-back in November. Watching as your neighborhood gets ripped apart is a risk for developing depression and anxiety among young people.
Labeling the Houthis as ‘terrorists’ might actually cost Yemeni lives
Humanitarian groups in Yemen are worried that a designation by the US State Department of the movement as a "terrorist organization" would endanger aid activities in the war-torn country.
COVID-19 takes its toll on Mexico's health workers
Deaths among medical professionals in the country have reached an average of nearly eight per day.
South Korean activists renew call for deinstitutionalizing people with disabilities amid coronavirus
During the coronavirus pandemic, people with disabilities who live in long-term care facilities have become one of the most vulnerable populations worldwide.
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