Rianne Motas

More than a million women a year seek alternatives to abortion in the Catholic-majority Philippines

As an experienced doctor in the Philippines, Miriam has seen her fair share of high-risk operations and procedures, but she… Read More

July 20, 2022

Archaeologists believe they’ve found an ancient royal city

This ancient fortification in Iraq's Kurdistan region may have been part of a long-lost royal city known as Natounia. Archaeologists… Read More

July 20, 2022

Russia calls man a traitor, Ukraine wary of “betrayal”

There is a sterile rehabilitation center on the outskirts of Kyiv, surrounded by rows of Soviet-style housing buildings, packed with… Read More

July 20, 2022

Putin visits Iran for the first time since invading Ukraine

First travel outside of the former Soviet Union for Putin since he invaded Ukraine, which effectively severed relations with the… Read More

July 20, 2022

Rwanda declared skin-whitening illegal yet black market selling remains

Shopkeeper, 27, says she can't keep up with her seven-year skin-lightening regimen since the products are now too expensive. After… Read More

July 20, 2022

Filipinos cheer AFF win but focus still on World Cup prep

To begin the AFF Women's Championship, the Philippine women's football team set out to achieve two goals: to make the… Read More

July 19, 2022

Less rubbish in Argentina illustrates inflation’s ravages

People are throwing away fewer items because of the high rate of inflation (over 60%). Waste pickers in the city,… Read More

July 19, 2022

As France’s energy crisis looms, UAE could aid as its president visits Paris

Due to exceptional heatwaves and Russia's continued cutoff of gas supplies to Europe, France is currently experiencing an energy crisis.… Read More

July 19, 2022

Climate change causes hotter heat waves

Experts said that extreme heat waves like the one presently sweltering across most of Europe and India and Pakistan's record-breaking… Read More

July 19, 2022

Is Japan really ready to let the world back in?

Once Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan eased COVID-19 restrictions, the arrival of Omicron in late November 2021 significantly altered… Read More

July 19, 2022

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