Time for Eurovision: Here’s how the exuberant song contest works
Sprinkle the sequins and pump up the volume: The annual Eurovision Song Contest reaches its climax on Saturday …
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Youth party galvanises Thai voters with promises of royal reforms
Bangkok, Thailand – On a busy intersection outside the Thai capital Bangkok, a young woman with a heavy …
Guatemala’s elPeriodico shutting due to government ‘persecution’
Closing of elPeriodico underscores regional trend of governments cracking down on independent media, observers say. One of Guatemala’s …
As Title 42 ends in US, asylum seekers wait for relief on border
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico – “No, there is no difference today,” Jerson said as he peered through the …
Russian troops ‘fall back to regroup’ north of Ukraine’s Bakhmut
Moscow has acknowledged that its forces had fallen back north of the battlefield city of Bakhmut in eastern …
Turkey’s opposition accuses Russia of interfering in elections
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, says Moscow is behind ‘deepfake content’. Turkey’s main …
Turkey’s foreign policy: From past to potential post-Erdogan era
In August 2019, after inspecting the cockpit of Russia’s then-new fifth-generation Su-57 fighter warplane, Turkish President Recep Tayyip …
How Cuba’s sugar industry has been ground into dust
Cienfuegos, Cuba – “Without sugar, there’s no country,” the old Cuban saying goes. From the moment Spanish colonists …
In earthquake epicentre, Turkey’s Erdogan remains popular
Kahramanmaras, Turkey – “We were all alone. It was raining and we waited for days in front of …
Sudan fighting in its 28th day: A list of key events
Sudan’s warring military factions sign a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict. Here is the …