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December 21, 2023
- Greece to Legalise Papers for Thousands of Migrants to Counter Labour Shortage
- Our Little Amal Has Travelled Thousands of Miles – but There Is Still Far to Go
- Reindeer Noir, the Finnish Crime Sub-Genre Influenced by Santa’s Home Towns
- Short Hops and Economy Class: Five Expert Tips on How to Reduce Your Emissions on Holiday
- Pacific Islands Forum: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
- The Best European Culture of 2023
- Strokes, terrible pain and early death: can Zambia help beat sickle cell by screening babies?
- How a Sleepy Town in Cambodia Won a Place on Unesco’s Culinary Map
- Disappearing the Disappeared’: Outcry After Mexico Reduces Number of Missing
- Amid Myanmar’s Longest War, a People Struggle to Survive in the Forest
- South-East Asia’s Quirky, Sweary Shopping Stars Cashing in on Livestream Selling
- Desperately Seeking Suzukis: Japanese Town Hopes to Make Name for Itself With Population Boost
- ‘We Make Magic Here’: the Amazon Community Creating a Future Out of Chocolate
- Freud Exhibition Delves Into a Dramatic Legacy in Latin America
- ‘North Korea Can Own a Club’: How Fans Grew to Defend Sportswashing
- Virginia Museum to Return 44 Stolen or Looted Works to Egypt, Italy and Turkey
- ‘People Are Proud of This Green Spirit of Ours’: How a Small Spanish City Rejected Cars
- ‘We Live off the Forest’: Fears Rise in Suriname As Mennonites Look to Settle
- ‘Historic Moment’: Panama Activists Celebrate Ruling Against Copper Mine
- Live from the Jungle: Migrants Become Influencers on Social Media
- An Egg Fried Rice Recipe Shows the Absurdity of China’s Speech Limits
- What to Know About the Chaebol Families That Dominate South Korea’s Economy
- In Rightward Shift, New Zealand Reconsiders Pro-Maori Policies
- In India, There’s an App for Everything. Even Dream Babies
- 36 Hours in Córdoba, Spain
- When Translating a Play Is About More Than Language
- A Tuscan Retreat Where ‘Literature is the Primary Value’
December 15, 2023
- Paradise Cost: the Pacific Islands Changing the Future of Tourism
- Up to 220 Indonesians Could Be Compensated After Children Wrongly Jailed in Australia As People Smugglers
- ‘Too Much Sadness’: Asylum Seekers in Finland Caught in Geopolitical Drama
- Japan Chooses ‘Tax’ As Kanji of the Year Amid Concern Over Cost of Living
- Happy, Faithful and Tied to Nature: Life Adapting to the Climate Crisis – Photo Essay
- Parthenon Marbles Should Return to Athens, Says Lord Frost
- Tears of the Tigris: a Journey Through Iraq – in Pictures
- ‘Our Tapestries Open Ears’: the South African Women Stitching Monumental Tales of Love and Loss
- Birdsong: the Dying Whistled Language of the Hmong People in Northern Laos
- ‘Weapons of Mass Migration’: How States Exploit the Failure of Migration Policies
- ‘No Protein in Late Pregnancy’: Battling Dietary Myths in South Sudan
- Dust, Hail and Bank Loans: the Mongolian Herders Facing Life Without Grass
- ‘Cinema Is Like a Bridge’: the Amazon’s First Floating Film Festival Brings Indigenous Stories to the Big Screen
- ‘My Friends Were Amazed’: Nigerian Women Break ‘Male’ Jobs Barrier Amid Cost-Of-Living Crisis
- The Big Picture: in Search of a Land Where Time Stands Still
- The Stories Behind Europe’s Unmarked Migrant Graves
- Archaeologists Unearth ‘Most Shocking Example of Roman Slavery’ at Pompeii
- How a Sleepy Town in Cambodia Won a Place on Unesco’s Culinary Map
- ‘Drug Use Is a Health Problem’: Inside One of the World’s Oldest Legal Consumption Rooms
- Feminism in Pictures: Illustrated Stories of Women’s Rights Around the World
- Where Have All the Grasshoppers Gone? Uganda’s Insect Traders Struggle to Find Protein-Rich Bugs
- World Faces ‘Heightened Risk’ of Mass Atrocities Due to Global Inaction
- A New Cocktail Festival Puts the Spotlight on Africa
- How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
- Fancy Wearing a Kaunda Suit? Not in Kenya’s Parliament
- The Unapologetic ‘Auntie’ of Indigenous Data
- This Christmas, ‘Whamageddon’ Will Save You From Tears
- This May Be the World’s Smelliest Cheese
- A Beloved Comedian’s Film on Domestic Abuse Draws Italians, in Droves
- Spotlighting the Body in a Nascent Arab Art World
December 8, 2023
- Feminism in Pictures: Illustrated Stories of Women’s Rights Around the World
- ‘Good Morning, Children’: Burkina Faso Radio Station Aids Learning amid jihadist Disruption
- West Africa’s Style Icons … and the Tiny Studio that Shot Them – in pictures
- ‘Cinema Is Like a Bridge’: the Amazon’s First Floating Film Festival Brings Indigenous Stories to the Big Screen
- The Sauna Secret: Why Finland Is the Happiest Country in the World
- Plato, Pilates and Pubs: Has an Irish Town Found the Secret to the Good Life?
- Desperately Seeking Suzukis: Japanese Town Hopes to Make Name for Itself with Population Boost
- Dance Centre Kenya’s Nutcracker – a Photo Essay
- ‘Our Tapestries Open Ears’: the South African Women Stitching Monumental Tales of Love and Loss
- Telling Tales: Zimbabwe’s Weaver Press Celebrates 25 Years of Championing Truth-telling Fiction
- Unusual Names Can Complicate Life in Japan. Now Parents Are Being Reined In.
- Why More Chinese Are Risking Danger in Southern Border Crossings to U.S.
- Seoul Takes ‘Center Stage’ in the Art World
