2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (819+ words) Some 20,000 seafarers remain stranded on ships in the Strait of Hormuz as the war in the Middle East continues, a situation which has been described as unprecedented in the post-Second World War era. The seafarers are working on some 2,000 ships…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (832+ words) The fallout from the war in the Middle East is rippling far beyond the Gulf, disrupting fuel supplies, shipping routes and supply chains across Asia and the Pacific, with some of the region's most vulnerable economies already feeling the strain…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1058+ words) Every morning in Kabul, several cars make their way across the Afghan capital to pick up the producers of Radio Begum. The young women do not travel to the office on their own as moving around the city has become…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (195+ words) The crucial Strait of Hormuz global shipping corridor marking the entrance to the Persian Gulf, is essentially closed due to the threat of strikes from Iran and elsewhere After a tugboat assisting another vessel in the strait this morning was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (217+ words) Creators worldwide are facing mounting financial pressures as rapid advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence continue to transform the cultural and creative industries, according to a new'global report released by the UN culture agency, UNESCO, on Wednesday.' The shift…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (543+ words) Rising food prices and declining farm incomes are putting increasing pressure on the global food system, with up to 720 million people facing hunger last year, and billions more struggling to afford healthy diets. These numbers point to an even deeper…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1401+ words) Even as the world fixates on ever'brighter screens and sprawling digital feeds, radio endures with a quiet resilience, shaping how we share experience and understand one another. Its waves travel where sight cannot, pairing with cutting'edge innovation in some places…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (612+ words) Fish fraud is widespread in markets, grocers and restaurants around the world, but a growing number of innovative tools are turning the tide, according to a new report published on Tuesday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). While…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (941+ words) While new digital technologies are transforming how the Holocaust is remembered and taught, experts warn that sustainability, ethics and collaboration are now as important as creativity to keep a global memory alive of Nazi Germany's genocide that killed six million…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (620+ words) Step by step, mile by mile, Deo Kato ran his way across a continent " and beyond. After a year and a half on the road, the Ugandan British runner and campaigner has become the first person to run from Cape…...