Ms Hatsu Miyagi recently reached her 100th birthday. She's sat in an old wicker armchair that's softened with two cushions, one on top of the other. The house is simple, the walls are made of wood and a fan gently disturbs her white hair from time to ...

For almost two years, the civil war in Sudan has been raging across the huge African country - from Khartoum and Omdurman, the twin capital cities on the Nile, to El Fasher in the eastern Darfur region and along the border with South Sudan. In the ...

The Gargano peninsula, often called the 'spur on the boot' of Italy, is as black as the forest that dominates it. It is Italy's heart of darkness. This limestone promontory that juts out of Italy's southeastern coast looks like an island overlooking ...

A mesmerising natural phenomenon, long unknown to science, has been discovered by Hungarian ornithologists in Angola. In an area named 'Falcopolis' (Falcon City), hundreds of thousands of red-footed falcons gather annually before beginning their ...

Mammals were non existent in New Zealand until the arrival of humans. They brought with them a deadly cargo of invasive species resulting in the extinction of nearly half of all the country's bird species, including some of the only flightless ...

A former Democratic stronghold but now closely aligned with the second Trump administration, Big Tech remains the secular sanctuary of a visionary world devoted to innovation. Tourist flock to America's east coast to, amongst other things, visit and take...

In Narva, located in the far northeastern corner of the European Union, the Ukrainian flag flies upside down. "It's the flag of our city. It has nothing to do with Ukraine" explains Katri Rain, Narva's mayor, sitting in the wood-panelled conference room ...

Our sense of smell is often seen as less important than sight and hearing but its power to evoke a past experience and trigger strong emotional responses is equal, if not stronger, than the other senses; and that's before considering the absolutely vital...

Every year, millions of Latin Americans set out for the United States, driven by the hope of a better future. Migration, both legal and illegal, has become a central issue in U.S. politics and President Trump's harsh rhetoric, promising tougher ...

According to the Indian political psychologist Ashis Nandy "Cricket is an Indian game discovered accidentally by the British." The International Cricket Council (ICC) agrees, highlighting in a 2018 survey that more than 90% of the billion fans of the ...

The Brooklyn Skate Moms are a group of women who meet at the skate park between taking their kids to school and going to work. What started as an occasional distraction during the pandemic has evolved into a tight-knit community that goes far beyond the ...

Mumbai, India's commercial capital, is a seething whirlpool of human activity that is bursting at the seams, struggling to sustain its 21 million inhabitants. Yet people continue to migrate from the countryside to this hub of activity on the Arabian Sea ...

China is a country of superlatives, and its railway network is no exception: it has the fastest, the longest, the highest and the most indebted national railway system in the world. It is a source of national pride as well as a propaganda tool, ...

Each year tens of thousands of tourists visit the Zambian town of Livingstone to see the famous Victoria Falls and view the area's abundant wildlife. For many, seeing an African savannah elephant is the highlight of their trip. Yet in Livingstone's ...

The Puszta, a grassy plain in eastern Hungary, is rapidly changing. It is the last European steppe, populated by wild horses and grazing cattle, and one of the world's richest habitats in biodiversity. Loved by poets for its 'rough honesty', it is ...

Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Facing years of conflict and humanitarian crisis, local midwives are struggling to save lives. With poverty and food shortages at record levels since the Taliban takeover in August...