Lebanon began consultations Monday to name a new premier, with the country’s envoy to Germany, Mustapha Adib, emerging as a front-runner, as French President Emmanuel Macron was to visit the disaster-hit country.
Picking up the pieces: The psychological aftermath of the Beirut blast
In the Karantina neighbourhood of Beirut, which was devastated by the deadly August 4 blast, psychologists are meeting residents who have lost everything in a bid to help them overcome their trauma. Historically, the...
Lebanon crisis: Who is Mustafa Adib?
Adib, a relatively unknown 48-year-old Lebanese diplomat and close aide to former prime minister Najib Mikati, has received backing from the country’s Sunni Muslim political heavyweights, including the Future...
Girl thrown into air by kite in Taiwan – BBC News
A three-year-old girl has been thrown into the air by a gust of wind, after being tangled in the tail of a kite. It happened at a kite festival in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Local media reported that the girl escaped with only...
Nautical nomads
The pandemic has forced many of us out of our offices and into our homes. But what if that home could also move? Jack Parrock met a couple off the Spanish island of Formentera who’ve taken the concept of the digital...
South Korean couple brings vacation to their home
Here is a look at how a South Korean couple brought vacation to their home after virus pandemic dampened their plans to go somewhere warm and exotic this year.
Italy and Malta ‘refuse’ migrants stranded on Banksy boat
Migrants transferred from a Banksy-funded boat have joined hundreds on another vessel waiting in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta refuse to let it dock, according to activists. Many are suffering from dehydration...