Hong Kong: How life has changed under China's national security law
On 30 June 2020, China introduced the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in response to massive pro-democracy protests that had swept through the city the previous year. ...
A Pride symbol vandalised in Canada's 'prettiest little town'
It took one night for a Pride rainbow pedestrian crossing on the busiest street of Paris, a small Canadian town just over an hour's drive from Toronto, to be smeared with burnt rubber. Was a rainbow a bridge too far for the town, or is a new era of progressive politics forcing Paris to change its stripes? ...
A billion new trees might not turn Ukraine green
It was an ambitious signal of green intent when Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky declared this month that a billion extra trees would be planted within three years, and a million hectares would be reforested in a decade. ...
France's young voters turned off by key regional election
In an open space near Châtelet in central Paris, lanky young men - their knees and elbows folded around BMX bikes - dodge skateboarders out practising their moves. ...
Tracking change in Ethiopia and the challenges ahead
The AFP charts the dramatic changes in Ethiopia and the big challenges facing the country, as the nation prepares to vote in the first election since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018. ...
G7 summit: How significant are group's climate pledges?
The world's rich nations which caused the climate crisis know what's expected of them - but they consistently fail to deliver in full. ...
Tokyo Olympics: Why people are afraid to show support for the Games
Japan is not a country known for protests. So when people take to the streets in large numbers, it gets noticed. ...
Iraqis suffer as US-Iran shadow war shifts gear
The drone, packed with explosives, used the civilian flight path into Irbil airport to disguise its intent. It crashed into a CIA warehouse on the American airbase beside the civilian airport in April. ...
Myanmar: The mysterious deaths of the NLD party officials
The violence used by Myanmar's armed forces against unarmed opponents since the coup in February has shocked the world; more than 800 people have been killed, most by military gunfire. But the deaths in custody of two officials from the National League of Democracy - the party led by Aung San Suu Kyi - have cast an even grimmer light on the military's actions. ...
'Clothes are torn, worn out - I can't find work gloves'
As she has to endure winter temperatures as low as -30C (-22F), you can understand why Narantsetseg Tsedendorj was concerned about not being able to buy a new pair of gloves. ...
Viewpoint: Why Sicilians still turn to Mafia to settle scores
A notorious Sicilian Mafia boss responsible for some 150 murders - Giovanni Brusca - was released last week, causing much anger in Italy. He detonated the bomb that killed Giovanni Falcone, Italy's legendary anti-Mafia judge, in 1992. ...
'White fungus': Drug-resistant fungal infections pose threat to India patients
In May, a middle-aged-man suffering from Covid-19 was admitted in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. ...
Coronavirus: The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19
Five-year-old Pratham and his 10-month-old brother Ayush lost their father to Covid in April. Days later, at a different Delhi hospital, they lost their mother. ...
The looming battle over abortion in the US
Pro-choice activists say that state lawmakers across the country are trying to restrict abortion at a pace not seen in decades. So what will this mean for a decades-long fight over the issue in America? ...
Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on
A hundred years after white mobs rampaged through an affluent black neighbourhood, the search for bodies is a deeply personal mission for one scientist. ...
Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?
"If a military aircraft intercepts you and gives you command, you obey". That was the view of one pilot who spoke to the BBC, who said the decision of Belarus to force down a passenger aircraft was "absolutely reckless". ...
Does a $75m settlement make up for three decades in prison?
A historic $75m (£53m) settlement awarded to two North Carolina brothers incarcerated for more than three decades over a crime they did not commit has brought the issue of wrongful convictions back into the limelight. ...
Myanmar: The small embattled town that stood up to the army
Over the following three days the army tried to bring reinforcements. But the Mindat militia used their familiarity with the hilly terrain to ambush two military convoys, destroying several trucks and claiming to kill 15 soldiers. ...
India coronavirus: Tracing a family’s journey to save a life
Anoop Saxena, 59, was one of hundreds of thousands of Indians who fell sick with Covid at the end of April. ...
How Italy's healthcare staff survived the pandemic
Nurses across the globe have been instrumental in helping fight Covid-19, but it's been a job that has taken a heavy toll - both physically and mentally. ...