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New Project Seeks to Bring South Asian Literature to Western Readers Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ USed as Justification for Colonization United Nations Adopts Landmark Resolution on Climate Justice DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People Brazil May Sue VW Amid Claims Firm USed ‘Slave Labour’ Under Military Rule ‘After Chaos, There Can Be Calm’: Khmer Rouge Survivor's Painting Is a Reminder of Peace The Finns Hold the Secret of Happiness – and It Is Not What You Might Expect Adidas Backtracks on Opposition to Black Lives Matter Trademark Request Violence in Greece Over Efforts to Preserve Ancient Heritage of Mykonos Pope Francis Returns Three Fragments of Parthenon to Greece Why Is Tunisia in Crisis and Why Do Sub-Saharan People Want to Leave? ‘I’M Happy to Have This Slow Day’: Bali Marks New Year With Day of Silence Japan School Stirs Debate Over Hairstyle Rules After Boy With Cornrows Separated From Class Foreign Maids and No Military Service: South Korea Criticised Over Ideas to Boost Birthrate Lebanon Split Into Two Time Zones in Row Over Daylight Saving Amsterdam Tells Young British Men Who Want a ‘Messy’ Weekend to Stay Away ‘In Awe’: New Zealand Aurora Hunters Entranced by Unusually Bright Southern Lights Display ‘Women Get It Done’: Ireti Kingibe, Abuja's New Senator, Plans for Progressive Nigeria Barcelona Green Space Plan Could Improve Health of 30,000, Study Finds Why This Town Has Celebrated Christmas in February for Nearly 200 Years Restoring Glory of Angola’s Carnival, With a Puny Budget but Much Passion A Mexican Grandmother Finds the Right Recipe for Culinary Stardom Seeing the World Through Kids’ Eyes

March 24, 2023

• Nowruz: Kurdish New Year 2023 Celebrations – in Pictures
• Cutting Its Cloth: Can a New Industrial Revolution Transform Benin’s Economy?
• Indigenous Children Suffer Most From Illegal Miners’ Amazon Invasion
• Recipes for Ramadan: Taysir Ghazi’s Ful Medames, Four Ways
• Crowds in Milan Protest Against Curbs on Rights of Same-Sex Parents
• Why Women Are Leading the Iranian Protests – Video
• ‘I’M Happy to Have This Slow Day’: Bali Marks New Year With Day of Silence
• ‘The Stuff Was Illegally Dug Up’: New York’s Met Museum Sees Reputation Erode Over Collection Practices
• Drugs, Jacuzzis and a Horse: the Anarchic Philippines Prison Where Anything Can Be Bought
• Centuries of Stargazing Leave Jesuit Names Written in the Heavens
• Canada Hits Record Population Growth Through Immigration
• At Al Aqsa Mosque, Shards of Stained Glass Tell a Story of Conflict
• Restoring Glory of Angola’s Carnival, With a Puny Budget but Much Passion
• The Story of Multicultural Canada, Told in Humble Strip Mall Eateries
• ‘A Strange Dream’: a Cruise Ship Is a Floating Shelter for Displaced Turks
• Colorful, Iconic Jeepneys May Soon Be off the Road in the Philippines

• Tokyo Citizens Hand in Record ¥3.99Bn of Lost Cash
• Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved
• ‘Simple but Effective’: Colombia Turns to Algorithms to Bolster Mental Health Services
• ‘Russia Has Lost Its Soft Power’: How War in Ukraine Destabilises Old Soviet Allies
• Symphonies Reach Parity: How Female Australian Composers Made Themselves Heard
• No Plans to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece, Says Rishi Sunak
• Contest Launched to Decipher Herculaneum Scrolls USing 3D X-Ray Software
• Parents in Indonesia Outraged by 5.30 AM School Start Trial
• Bali to Ban Tourists From Renting Motorbikes
• Surviving Copies of Shakespeare's First Folio to Go on Show
• ‘I Was Screaming’: Malaysia and Vietnam Celebrate Oscars Triumphs
• ‘If We Leave, Nepal Will Suffer’: Embattled Hospitals Fear Impact of UK Job Offers
• Kia Ora E Hoa: Dozens of New Zealand and Māori Words Added to Oxford English Dictionary
• ‘The World Wasn’T Ready for Him’: José Pinhal, the Portuguese Kitsch-Pop Icon Rescued From Obscurity
• Spanish Monastery Admits Girls to Choir for First Time in 700-Year History
• Tasting Memories: the Spanish Ice-Creams Serving a Scoop of Nostalgia
• Catalonia Confronts Past Racism After Slave Trade Documentary
• Thai Man Jailed for Selling Duck Calendars That ‘Mocked’ King
• ‘I Am Here, I Am Free’: How One Venezuelan Refugee Triumphed Against the Odds
• How to Get Kicked Out of Parliament: Livestream Instead of Legislating
• A 1,600-Year-Old Coffin May Shed Light on Roman Britain
• What Do Spring Festivals Look Like in Your Part of Europe?
• This Dress Survived for More Than Three Centuries at the Bottom of the Sea

March 10, 2023

• ‘We Feel Safe Here’: Historic Turkish Tourist City Opens Its Doors to Syrian Quake Survivors
• ‘They’D Never Seen Sliced Bread’: How a Tiny Film About Himalayan Yak-Herders Conquered the World
• Global Craze for Collagen Linked to Brazilian Deforestation
• Brazilian Tiktoker Goes Viral Showing the ‘Cheerfulness of the Favela’
• Growing Numbers of Chinese Citizens Set Their Sights on the US – Via the Deadly Darién Gap
• Oldest Known Reference to Norse God Odin Found in Danish Treasure Trove
• Sphinx-Like Statue and Shrine Discovered in Southern Egypt
• Treasures From New Digs Reveal That Pompeii Is Far From ‘Frozen in Time’
• Campaign Calls for Gender Apartheid to Be Crime Under International Law
• Holi Festival Celebrations in India and Around the World – in Pictures
• European Drug Agency Opposes Amsterdam's Erotic Centre Plans
• Schools and Firms Across Philippines Shut As Jeepney Drivers Start Strike
• Actors of Change: Female Activists Fight for Peace in the Drc – Photo Essay
• ‘Gruyere’ Can Be USed to Describe US Cheeses, Court Rules
• Thai Man Jailed for Selling Duck Calendars That ‘Mocked’ King
• ‘It's Not Just About Dying’: Uganda's Pioneers of Palliative Care Undaunted by Huge Challenges
• Nepal Will Ban Solo Hiking in Its National Parks
• The French Like Protesting, but This Frenchman May Like It the Most
• The Story of Multicultural Canada, Told in Humble Strip Mall Eateries
• African Countries Made Huge Gains in Life Expectancy. Now That Could Be Erased.

March 3, 2023

• Record Number of Countries Enforced Internet Shutdowns in 2022 – Report
• ‘The Robert De Niros of Metehara’: Joey L's Best Photographs
• Want That Coffee With Olive Oil? Starbucks Thinks Italians Will
• Benin Passed One of Africa's Most Liberal Abortion Laws. Why Are Women Still Dying?
• A Part of Winter Is Missing’: Ottawa Grieves Over Lack of Canal Ice for Skating
• New Easter Island Moai Statue Discovered in Volcano Crater
• Heinz to Give New Boat to Man Who Survived on Ketchup While Lost at Sea
• Protesters Across Europe Demonstrate Against War in Ukraine – Video Report
• Little Mermaid in Denmark Vandalised With Colours of Russian Flag
• High-Profile Lawsuit Against Meta Can Be Heard in Kenya, Nairobi Court Rules
• Festivals, Fashion and Feather Bandits: Why Ostrich Plumage Is Still Worth Its Weight in Gold – a Photo Essay
• Unchanged Melody: the All-Boys Choir That Survived 700 Years of Conflict
• Thai Activists Call for Stop to Punishment Haircuts in Schools
• ‘The Internet's Sewer’: Why Turkey Blocked Its Most Popular Social Site
• Rainbow Plates: the Chefs Reawakening Africa's Taste for Vegan Food
• The French Like Protesting, but This Frenchman May Like It the Most
• Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention
• 36 Hours in Rio de Janeiro
• Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit
• Burger King Is Hungry Jack’s in Australia. What Will Wendy’s Be?
• Hong Kong, One of World’s Last Holdouts, Ends Its Mask Mandate
• Migrant Deaths Shine Light on Europe’s Harder Line and Broken Promises
• An Elf? a Witch? Mexico’s President Says It’s the Mythical Aluxe
• War in Ukraine Has Changed Europe Forever
• Shows of Solidarity With Ukraine Pop up in Cities Around the World
• Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule
• South Korea Inches Toward Same-Sex Equality, but Broader Bill Is Stalled