Month: April 2021

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan’s acquiescence to the demands of far-right radical Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) reached a tipping point last week, leading to a formal ban on the group on April 15. The group, which seeks the expulsion […]

In Mexico, women may suffer violence anywhere, from the relationship with their boyfriends, husbands and families to the streets. Now, people are demanding justice and cultural change. “We are here, demonstrating in support of Montserrat […]

After more than a year of online education, Mexicans are looking forward to returning to in-person classes after the teachers get the CanSino vaccine. “It is good for colleagues at all levels that the government […]

Después de estar en confinamiento más de un año, el mundo entero sigue enfrentando una crisis llena de dolor e incertidumbre. Para los que perdieron a un familiar al virus, la situación es todavía más […]

Mientras que el mundo enfrenta una pandemia que ha tocado cada rincón, hay países que tenían problemas más severos desde mucho antes del confinamiento. Venezuela se ha enfrentado a una crisis política y económica que […]

El aislamiento social provocado por la pandemia ha tenido su lado luminoso para algunas personas. Al adaptarse a las circunstancias, emprendedores y artistas han hallado nuevas formas de expresión. Un artista mexicano que ha logrado […]

MUMBAI, India — After the end of the 1962 Sino-Indian war, when neighborhood men started coming back in coffins, Padmavathy Bandopadhyay pledged to join India’s armed forces and serve her nation. But she didn’t know then […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — A jailed and unlicensed financial adviser who claims he’s a stockbroker orchestrated an 11-year AUD 2.7 million ($2.08 million) Ponzi scheme ripping off his own family and friends. Matthew Waij did not finish […]

HOBART, Australia — When New Zealander Sam traveled to Tasmania last year to meet his Tasmanian partner’s family for the first time, he didn’t expect to stay for long. “He went over in March last year, […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia and Canada have put a cork in a long-running trade dispute over wine with restrictions set to be dropped on bottles from Down Under. Quebec was the last remaining province with the […]