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Cultural Tidings - April 2018

Your Window to the World

For Catalans, a Day Of Books, Roses And, of Course, Politics

The Vespas of Pakistan - In Pictures

Belgium Comes to Terms with 'Human Zoos' of Its Colonial Past

'Our Performances Are A Mirror': Making Art Out of Ukraine's Pain

Eight Months On, is the World's Most Drastic Plastic Bag Ban Working?

Hong Kong's 'Cardboard Grannies': The Elderly Box Collectors Living in Poverty

'Culture Is Power': The Colombian Sex Workers Who Launched a Newspaper

Pico! Pico! Pico! The Technicolour Sound Systems of Barranquilla - In Pictures

Renting Property: How Does It Compare Around the World?

Thailand's Elderly Games - In Pictures

'We Don't Perform for People, We Perform for the Gods'

Vanishing Spanish Village Sees a Future in Its Roman Past

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Cultural Tidings Archive

Week 3

The Green Card Marriage Interview: Can You Pass It?

Boy Unearths Treasure of the Danish King Bluetooth in Germany

Swaziland King Renames Country Kingdom of Eswatini

Caribbean Nations Demand Solution to 'Illegal Immigrants' Anomaly

'Legal Discrimination is Alive and and Well': Canada's Indigenous Women Fight for Equality

Jessie J'S Cultural Revolution: How a Middle-Grade Pop Monster Saved China

Lapland's Changing Seasons By Drone - in Pictures

Did Neolithic Man Practise Surgery on Cows?

App Faith: How Religions Are Embracing Technology

On the Streets With the Desperate Refugees Who Dream of Being Detained

Japan Offers to Lend Hand in China's 'Toilet Revolution'

Upwardly Mobile in Mali - in Pictures

These Lifejackets Saved Refugees at Sea. Now They Are Providing Jobs for Survivors

Rubbish Playgrounds: Can Upcycling Help Kathmandu Defeat Trash?

Basel in the Spotlight: the City That Learned to Love LSD

'Shut Up, Satan': Rome Course Teaches Exorcism, Even by Cellphone

Week 2

Finland Has Found the Answer To Homelessness. It Couldn't Be Simpler

'If Our Countries Were Safe, We Wouldn't Leave': The Harsh Reality of Mexico's Migrant Caravan

Austrian Full-Face Veil Ban Condemned As a Failure by Police

Braunau In The Spotlight: Hitler's Birthplace Embraces Inclusion

The Brazilian Villagers Turning Plastic Pollution Into Profit

Big Fish & Begonia Review - China's Bizarre Answer to Studio Ghibli

'Our Territory Is Our Life': One Struggle Against Mining in Ecuador

Develop And Conquer! The 16-Year-Old Game Prodigies Taking India by Storm

'Day Zero' Water Crises: Spain, Morocco, India and Iraq at Risk As Reservoirs Shrink

Rotterdam in the Spotlight: From Dismal Mega-Port to 'Dutch Brooklyn'

World's First Electrified Road For Charging Vehicles Opens in Sweden

Mao as Object of Steamy Desire? It's Riling Up Some in China

Horns Honk, and Censors in China Get a Headache

All by Itself, the Humble Sweet Potato Colonized the World

Couple Can Reunite in 'Love Jihad' Case, India's Supreme Court Rules

In a Proudly Diverse Australia, White People Still Run Almost Everything

Week 1

The Mexican Indigenous Community That Ran Politicians Out of Town

Black Panther to Become First Film Shown in Saudi Arabian Cinemas in 35 Years

Losing Your First Language? Here's How to Rediscover Your Voice

'I Would Rendang His Head': Uk Masterchef Judges Stir Up a Storm

An International Final Four: Which Country Handles Student Debt Best?

Why Laundromats Are the Hot New Place to Hang Out in Hong Kong

Looted Ethiopian Treasures in UK Could Be Returned on Loan

Against the Tide: Lifeguards in Ghana - in Pictures

'We Go Deeper': the Artists Spearheading the Boom in Iranian Art

Jakarta'S Urban Poor Have Found a New Way to Fight City Hall - and Win

UK Archaeologists Help Iraqis Restore Their Isis-Ravaged Heritage

Madagascar's Vanilla Wars: Prized Spice Drives Death and Deforestation

Janka Nabay: Musical Evangelist Who Took Bubu to the World

'Being Cash-Free Puts Us at Risk of Attack': Swedes Turn Against Cashlessness

Man Booker Prize Reverses Nationality Decision on Taiwanese Author

Vatican to Hold Exorcist Training Course after 'Rise in Possessions

Waging Peace: Vietnam's Anti-War Exhibition Brings Gis and Viet Cong Together

Women Barred from Sumo Ring, Even to Save a Man's Life

Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a 'Rebel Queen'

Britain Aims to Close Gender Pay Gap With Transparency and Shame

As Authoritarianism Spreads, Uzbekistan Goes the Other Way

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