Hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are undertaking hazardous journeys by boat to escape overcrowded living conditions in refugee camps.
India: Farming despite water poverty | Global Ideas
Water is a scarce commodity in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Nevertheless many farmers have still to learn how to use water more efficiently for their fields. The Marvi project was set up to change that.
Putin makes a leukemia-diagnosed boy’s dream come true & plays a round of ice hockey
Russian President Vladimir Putin fulfilled the dream of a nine-year-old boy, diagnosed with leukemia, by playing ice hockey together in Moscow’s Red Square.
Hundreds of vehicles stranded on highway after heavy snow in Japan
Hundreds of vehicles were left stranded on a highway in Niigata prefecture after a snowstorm.
Fountain of lava | Mount Etna eruption lights up sky in Sicily
Sicily’s Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, was spewing lava hundreds of metres high, as the eruption in the southeast crater intensified. A stream of lava heading westward could also be seen at the...
Sri Lanka continues forced cremations of Muslim Covid-19 victims
Anger is growing among Sri Lanka’s Muslims as the government forcibly cremates the bodies of their family members and considers sending others to the Maldives.
Al Jazeera journalists hacked using Israeli spyware
Israeli spyware Pegasus was reportedly used to hack the phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists and blackmail them. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are believed to be behind the attack.