‘Many didn’t make it’: Haitian migrants’ traumatic journey to Panama
BAJO CHIQUITO (PANAMA) - When Moise Cliff Raymond arrives at the Tuquesa River, he plunges in to wash off the filth from trekking five...
From the shadows: the secret, threatened lives of bats
NOYAL-MUZILLAC (FRANCE) - It could be a scene from a bad horror movie: Torchlights slice through the darkness inside a church in western France...
Afghans race to flee Taliban after Biden confirms airlift deadline
KABUL: Afghans on Wednesday faced an increasingly desperate race to escape life under the Taliban after President Joe Biden confirmed US-led evacuations will end...
Afghanistan’s Hazara, a long-persecuted minority living in fear of Taliban
KABUL - Schools and rallies bombed, hospitals targeted and commuters ambushed: for years, the Hazara community has suffered some of Afghanistan's most violent assaults.Now,...
Slow Covid vaccination to cost global economy $2.3 tn: study
PARIS - The slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion in lost output, a report released Wednesday found.The Economist...
UK businesses fear for Afghan rug weavers after Taliban takeover
HEBDEN BRIDGE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Overseas businesses selling colourful handwoven rugs and vivid handblown glass from Afghanistan are concerned for their suppliers as the...
US ramps up Afghan evacuations after Taliban warn of ‘red line’
KABUL: US troops led an increasingly desperate effort Tuesday to airlift thousands of people out of Kabul, after the Taliban warned they would allow...
Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon attacks
GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel launched airstrikes against Gaza on Monday, the army and a source inside the enclave said, after incendiary balloons...
China reports zero local virus cases as Delta outbreak retreats
China reported no new domestic coronavirus cases Monday, and Beijing appears poised to bring to heel the pandemic's most serious resurgence in months --...
Record Japan Paralympic team going for more than gold
TOKYO - Japan is sending a record number of athletes to the Paralympics aiming not only for gold medals but also to build a...
