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A group of women leaving Tokyo's Big Sight venue

Japan: Women hopeful on maiden names issue after UN report

Japan: Women hopeful on maiden names issue after UN report

The push to allow married women to retain their maiden names is gaining momentum in Japan.
JapanNovember 21, 2024
A Fashion Designer in a Wheel Chair on the Catwalk

What adaptive fashion is all about

What adaptive fashion is all about

How this differently abled Malawian fashion designer is rocking the runway.
MalawiNovember 20, 202405:38 min
A boy lifts dry raw bricks and takes them to a kiln where they will be burned during work to earn money in Lilongwe, central Malawi

Children's rights neglected amid conflict, climate change

Children's rights neglected amid conflict, climate change

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees universal rights for all. But many children remain overlooked.
Global issuesNovember 20, 202411 images
Armed police stand guard as a prison van arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building in Hong Kong

Hong Kong court jails 45 pro-democracy activists

Hong Kong court jails 45 pro-democracy activists

The EU has called the sentencing another blow to Hong Kong's democratic freedoms. Beijing has dismissed the criticism.
Hong KongNovember 19, 202402:45 min
Kianoosh Sanjari, wearing a T-shirt, stands looking at the camera near the open doors of a building

Kianoosh Sanjari: Iran's prisons 'disturbed my soul'

Kianoosh Sanjari: Iran's prisons 'disturbed my soul'

Iranian journalist and activist Kianoosh Sanjari died by suicide this week after demanding the release of prisoners.
IranNovember 17, 2024
A man works behind a computer inside a recording studio as one woman talks to another woman in front of a green screen

Exiled journalist produces TV for women in Afghanistan

Exiled journalist produces TV for women in Afghanistan

For many Afghan women Begum TV is the only link to the outside world, as the Taliban clamps down on women's rights.
AfghanistanNovember 16, 202405:53 min
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A closer look

Press freedom

The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects media freedom. The UN has declared May 3 World Press Freedom Day. A free and independent media landscape is a fundamental characteristic of democracies.

Mosambik Maputo 2024 | Proteste nach Wahlen

Mozambique releases Nigerian outlet's detained journalists

Mozambique releases Nigerian outlet's detained journalists

A Nigerian news outlet had expressed concern over the detention of two of its journalists in Mozambique.
MozambiqueNovember 15, 2024
German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck gives a statement on November 7, 2024 at his ministry, one day after the German government's three-party ruling coalition collapsed.

Germany: Greens' Habeck presses charges over online insult

Germany: Greens' Habeck presses charges over online insult

The deputy chancellor has pressed charges against a man who posted a picture of him with a derogatory caption online.
GermanyNovember 15, 2024
People gather for a protest in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka

Bangladesh: What's behind the spike in journalist killings?

Bangladesh: What's behind the spike in journalist killings?

Recent attacks on journalists reflect the precarious conditions in which media professionals work in Bangladesh.
BangladeshNovember 14, 2024
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In the spotlight

Four boys who work at a mine in Northern Nigeria are seen here. One of them shovels soil aside.

Child miners in Nigeria risk health for little money

Unregulated mining is a booming sector in Nigeria, with many working in hazardous conditions.
NigeriaNovember 14, 202403:43 min
View of a windpark built on a green mountain top. One windmill carries the logo of PowerChina.

Illegal land grab? Chinese wind farms in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Chinese company builds wind farm in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But was everything above board?
Bosnia and HerzegovinaNovember 11, 202406:03 min
An albino fashion model sits in a hanging chair and flips through a magazine in Angola.

Challenging albinism discrimination in Angola

How Angolan Telmo Martins got from marginalized to role model.
AfricaNovember 10, 202404:59 min
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Specials & Events

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