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Namibia’s hydrogen superpower dream
A near-pristine desert wilderness on southern Africa’s remote Atlantic coast in Namibia could host a huge green hydrogen development, raising hope fo…
8 hours ago
Can Syria’s Kurds save their women’s revolution?
For 14 years, while Syria was divided by civil war, Kurds in the north-east of the country tried to build a new democratic society, with equality for…
1 day, 8 hours ago
Kwan Pun Leung: The image creator of nature
Shan Ng follows acclaimed Hong Kong and Taiwan cinematographer Kwan Pun Leung as he creates a new music video, Fragile Love. Known for his work on la…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Rewriting a revolution
On 25 February 1986 the Philippines, Asia’s oldest democracy peacefully took control of its destiny. Ferdinand Marcos, a democratically elected presi…
3 days, 8 hours ago
Will Venezuela ditch Chavismo?
On the 3rd of January this year, Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, was removed from office by a US military intervention. He was flown to the Un…
3 days, 20 hours ago
Living with Tourette syndrome
When the film I Swear won three Bafta awards, what happened at the ceremony prompted a much bigger story and wider discussion. The film portrays the …
4 days, 8 hours ago
When music became a prayer
Concert pianist Yirui Weng, 32, grew up in a communist, atheist family in China, where religion played no part in her life. Music, however, always di…
5 days, 8 hours ago
Ukraine’s defiance, four years on
This week marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since WW2.
Ukraine h…
6 days, 8 hours ago
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
Aged 16, coming out of an audition, budding British actor Dan Whitlam was caught up in a fight with a group of boys in London. He was stabbed twice i…
1 week ago
Russia's Church in Texas
Not that long ago many church-going Americans saw Russia as a godless place, an “evil empire” in the words of Ronald Reagan. But in President Trump’s…
1 week, 1 day ago