Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare): grim, monotonous, matchbox…
Read more The Zimbabwean musician bringing the marimba and mbira to township youthNew president Milei warns of painful measures as currency value slashed, subsidies cut, public works tenders cancelled. Argentina’s government has announced it will slash the value of its…
Read more Argentina’s Milei starts shock therapy by devaluing peso by 50 percentChina has recorded a series of weak economic data in the past six months. China has been described as the world’s factory and the engine of global growth.…
Read more As China’s economy stumbles, should the rest of the world worry?Within one month Santosh Kol, an aspirant for government jobs in India, lost in betting apps the entire 40,000 rupees ($489) that his father had sent him in…
Read more In India, fantasy gaming is causing addiction and financial ruinMedan, Indonesia – Every night, the staff at the Mutiara Mulia orphanage go through the same ritual. They set up a tripod with a mobile phone attached and…
Read more Indonesia’s orphanages turn to TikTok to plead for donationsVideo Duration 26 minutes 00 seconds 26:00 Global food prices are falling but food insecurity is still on the rise across many countries. We find out why. Food:…
Read more Nothing to eat: Why is the world hungrier than ever?A vendor in Peru’s capital and his cocker spaniel find ‘life’ on the city's streets as they work hard to earn a living. Source link
Read more ‘My dog works, too’: The 73-year-old vending on Lima’s streetsMultiday weddings, the bereaved feeding the poor, and households taking pride in having the best homemade bread are all becoming things of the past in rural Egypt as…
Read more The Egyptian traditions endangered by rampant inflationManila, Philippines – Emelie Ann Ducabo, 57, a married mother and sales worker in Metro Manila, has been forced to become an expert in pinching pennies to feed…
Read more Asia’s prices are rising. In the Philippines, they’re soaringHavana, Cuba – On June 9, Amelia Calzadilla, a 33-year-old mother of three, posted a video to Facebook. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision that would transform her into one…
Read more Mothers emerge as leaders in Cuban resistance movementAt the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, sits the King of…
Read more 400 love letters and a play: How two Indian prisoners found loveUN agency says Haitian children face ‘triple threat’ of malnutrition, cholera and armed violence in crisis-hit nation. Approximately two in five cholera cases are among children in Haiti,…
Read more Children account for 40 percent of cholera cases in Haiti: UNICEF
