When a clip of two men dancing at a party in Ethiopia was posted to TikTok, it unleashed a torrent of homophobic hatred and eventually forced one of them to flee the country. The pair were unaware they were being filmed. The videos were initially posted to Instagram where someone took a screenshot of them
It’s not all doom and gloom at the COP28 climate summit. The Earth’s climate is changing rapidly and urgent action is needed to avoid the most damaging consequences for people and nature. But there is hope, and delegates in Dubai are discussing several very concrete ways to limit warming. So what are some of these
Francisco José García de Zúñiga is looking across one of the fields of olive trees that he farms. It’s harvest time, and the hum of the machine used to shake the trees as workers beat the olives off their branches can be heard in the distance. “This is turning out to be another bad year,
Daily-wage labourer Asif Maseeh wakes up each day wondering how he will feed his family of seven. “We just pray to God that we’ll find a way to eat tomorrow,” Mr Maseeh told the BBC. The 45-year-old is among an estimated 700,000 workers who have lost their jobs in recent years, following the closure of
“I managed to escape this place,” Nazmi Hanafiah laughs, slightly nervously. A year ago, the 30-year-old IT engineer moved to Forest City, a sprawling Chinese-built housing complex in Johor, on the tip of southern Malaysia. He rented a one-bedroom flat in a tower block overlooking the sea. After six months, he’d had enough. He didn’t
By Saman Zahra On a post-apocalyptic morning, what was once pleasant winter time, with cool and fresh air, now stings your nose, burns your eyes and leaves your hair disgusting like a smoker’s saloon. A blanket of poison over the city; it’s no better on the ground. Fridays are off to keep us inside now,
This week sees the launch of Spotify Wrapped – where users of the streaming service find out the songs that have dominated their listening habits for the past year. The annual marketing campaign not only reflects a subscriber’s music consumption, it also highlights the sheer number of musical styles that make up the site’s catalogue.
Beyoncé’s mum has criticised “sad little haters” who suggested the star lightened her skin for the premiere of her Renaissance film. The singer went for a platinum blonde hair look and wore a silver dress at the red carpet event on Saturday. Some criticised Beyoncé on social media for changing her appearance and said she
So how does the Dutch version of a book have lines that don’t appear in the original English edition? Not any random lines – but a highly damaging reference linking a member of the Royal Family to a race row that has rumbled on for years. That’s the royal puzzle after the Dutch translation of Omid
Days prior to COP28, key figures in the EU fashion industry gathered at the European Parliament for the “Fashionscapes of Transformation” event, discussing the shift towards sustainable products as part of the EU’s strategy against fast fashion. The event focused on the industry’s role in fulfilling the Paris Agreement commitments, emphasising policy measures like the
