A showdown is brewing over money, oil and carbon
In this aerial view water vapour and exhaust rise from the steel mill of Salzgitter AG, one Europe’s largest steel producers, on November 22, 2023 in Salzgitter, Germany. Sean Gallup…
Japan begins trial sales of prescription-free morning-after pills
Access to emergency contraception is normally available only with a prescription in Japan. Source link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-67553958?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Moment Indian workers freed after weeks
This is the moment Indian workers left a tunnel where they had been trapped for more than two weeks. The incident took place on the morning of 12 November in…
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers free 41 trapped workers
When that happened, two dozen “rat-hole” miners were deployed to manually drill and clear the passage to the trapped workers. Trained in narrow tunnel navigation, they used handheld tools for…
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: How the 17-day India rescue unfolded
India has celebrated the rescue of 41 construction workers who had been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days. The workers were greeted with applause and…
An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Time
“Émigré,” a new oratorio about Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai in the late 1930s, begins with a song by two brothers, Josef and Otto, as their steamship…
Pakistan: Woman killed after being seen with man in viral photo
In areas such as Kohistan, the idea that a murder can be “honourable” is believed to have come from tribal customs, where an allegation against a woman is perceived to…
In New Zealand, Maori Wardens Take a Different Approach to Crime
As tempers flared on a recent evening in a nightlife district in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, Joanne Paikea sensed an altercation — or even an arrest — brewing. “Bro,…
Gold Bars and Tokyo Apartments: How Money Is Flowing Out of China.
Affluent Chinese have moved hundreds of billions of dollars out of the country this year, seizing on the end of Covid precautions that had almost completely sealed China’s borders for…
Can U.S.-China Student Exchanges Survive Geopolitics?
On a cool Saturday morning, in a hotel basement in Beijing, throngs of young Chinese gathered to do what millions had done before them: dream of an American education. At…