(108) Landmine Clearance In Syria
Bomb disposal teams in Idlib are working to disarm landmines planted by the Assad regime. Farmers and agricultural workers returning to the land are being killed and injured by these hidden weapons. Syria is not a signatory to the Mine Ban Treaty and is reported to have planted over 700,000 mines near its borders with […]
(107) The Dark Side Of Luxury Handbag
Luxury goods makers behind iconic brands including Dior and Armani hired contractors that pay workers as little as $2 an hour to make handbags that they then sell for thousands of dollars apiece, according to European law enforcement officials. Dior, the French multinational luxury fashion house chaired by mogul Bernard Arnault and his family, charges […]
(106) Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Are Jailed Up to 10 Years
The 45 defendants were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years. Forty-five former politicians and activists who had organized or taken part in the 2020 primary by the opposition camp were sentenced by a Hong Kong court to prison, including for as long as […]
(105) South Korea’s Baby Adoptions Reckoning
More than 200,000 South Korean children have been adopted overseas since the 1950s following World War II and the Korean War after the country was ravaged by war and many mothers left destitute, according to authorities. Many of those children were adopted by families in the US and Europe. Many of those adopted children, now […]
(104) The Chibanis – Bitter Bread: Algerian Pensioners’ Struggle in France
Algerians who came to France in the ’50s now face laws making it hard for them to retire with their families back at home. They were caught up in French government pension rules that make it hard for them to retire with their families back home. They and the state grapple with the reality that […]
(103) Bangladesh Mourns Some 200 Deaths As Student Protests Wind Down And Thousands Are Arrested
Students have been protesting against attempts to reinstate quotas in civil service jobs for relatives of veterans from the country’s war for independence from Pakistan in 1971 for more than three weeks. A third of public sector jobs had been set aside for them, but on 21 July the Supreme Court court ruled just 5% […]
(102) Marital Rape: Man In India Can’t Be Charged If Wife Is 18 Or Above
According to the 2019-2023 National Family Health Survey by the Government of India, 27.6% of more than 100,000 women ages 15-49 surveyed said they were unable to say no to their husband if they didn’t want sex, while 11% thought husbands were justified in hitting or beating his wife if she refused. Women alleging rape […]
(101) Bredasdorp Is A South African Town That’s Plagued By Rape And Murder
Murder and rape rates in South Africa are among the highest in the world, and the locals have become used to it. Bredasdorp, however, made international headlines when 17-year-old Anene Booysen was raped and murdered. Julia Jaki suspects that the reason Booysen’s death received so much attention was because her abdomen had been slashed and […]
(100) Wave of Exceptionally Hot Weather Scorches South And South-East Asia
Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health. April and May are usually the hottest months in south-east Asia, but temperatures this year have been worsened by the El Niño event, which brings hotter, drier conditions to the region. […]
(99) Nearly 5 Million Animals Dead In Mongolia’s Harshest Winter
Mongolia is freezing through its harshest winter in half a century with extreme conditions killing more than 4.9 million animals and threatening the livelihoods and food supply of thousands of people, the International Federation of the Red Cross has warned. The severe conditions, known as dzud, are characterized by plunging temperatures and deep snow and […]