Every year, tens of thousands of people from Turkmenistan are forced into picking cotton by the government. According to a report by Anti-Slavery, during the cotton harvest, workers from both the public and private sectors are made to fulfil quotas...
Two-thirds of global drug deaths now come from opioids, according to a recent report by the UN. 53 million people worldwide use opioids today, coming second-place to cannabis, used by 188 million people globally. A significant portion of opioid use...
West Papua is still recovering from the last wave of violence that hit the region between August and early September, leaving several dead, buildings burned, dozens of activists arrested and again showing the discontent of the local population with the...
On 1 January 1994, NAFTA, the free trade agreement signed between the United States, Canada and Mexico, officially entered into force. That same day, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation occupied seven towns in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. From...
India is the fastest growing and fifth-largest economy in the world. In terms of purchasing power parity, India is number three, and in the 2020s, India is expected to outshine Germany to become the fourth-largest economy. India is likely to...
Spotting the Afghan trucks trundling towards the frontier, Iran’s border guards will have felt little surprise. Deadly clashes with drug smugglers are commonplace – their war-torn neighbour is the world’s leading opium producer, with much of the substance passing through...
Last month saw the upsurge of xenophobic attacks in South Africa where businesses owned by immigrants were destroyed and looted by a gang of machete-wielding youths who also injured and killed several foreigners. The attacks continued despite the country’s president,...
Sheila is 10-years-old and lives with her aged grandmother, Loveness, in Zambia. They have no other family. Sheila gets a free school meal daily but during the holiday times, she may not eat for the whole day. With little money...
In recent weeks, a gripping story has seeped out of Barcelona’s sweltering subway system. Its heroes are a group of vigilantes clad in sports clothes, have-a-go heroes hunting the pickpockets who pilfer from unsuspecting tourists. The story paints a vivid...
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