In Brazil, a new test reveals misidentified torture victim from the dictatorship periodIn April, Brazil identified two men who were buried in a mass grave used the military regimeWritten by Pública - Agência de jornalismo investigativoTranslated by Fernanda Canofre13 May 2025
In São Luís, the city known as the Brazilian Jamaica, reggae is a local identityThe capital of Maranhão, a northeastern Brazilian state, turned the Caribbean music into a local cultural movement with a twist Written by Fernanda Canofre12 May 2025
An interview with Prava Baral on Nepali literature and empowering women’s voicesIn Nepal, women writers often struggle to be taken seriouslyWritten by Sangita Swechcha10 May 2025
Taiwan's Yilan Creole: Revitalizing the only Japanese-based creole language in the worldYilan Creole is a mix of Indigenous Taiwanese Atayal language, Seediq language, and JapaneseWritten by Abdulrosheed Fadipe8 May 2025
The creative is political: Five lessons from the case of a satirical activist in KazakhstanThe case is a grim turning point for independent journalism and grassroots activismWritten by Vlast.kz7 May 2025
Palestinian–Lebanese artist’s erotic comic ‘Titties’ chronicles the intimacies of modern datingNour Hifaoui lays bare the realities of women’s sexuality, confronting taboo, repression, and censorship with raw, witty candor.Written by Raseef224 May 2025
May Day or Detention Day? Turkey marks Labor DayThe day was marked by heavy police presence and barricades as well as hundreds of detentionsWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva2 May 2025
‘Make Moldova Great Again’: The mayor of Chișinău posted a photo with Donald Trump Jr.This caused discussions in Moldova's social media spaceWritten by Daria Dergacheva30 April 2025
Breaking down anti-Roma prejudice through poetry in Bosnia and HerzegovinaPoetry has the power to reach people in a way that arguments and statistics often cannotWritten by Balkan Diskurs28 April 2025
‘The war marks our writing, but it does not define it’: Interview with Ukrainian poet Iryna ShuvalovaPoetry can be an important tool of cultural diplomacyWritten by Filip Noubel27 April 2025
Sinophone literature outside of China: Interview with writer Zhang LijiaAuthors need creative freedom to tell China's story wellWritten by Filip Noubel25 April 2025
Filipinos pay tribute to Pope Francis who once braved a raging storm to meet with disaster victimsThe Philippines has the largest Catholic population in AsiaWritten by Mong Palatino25 April 2025
The Srebrenica Memorial Center’s fight against genocide deniersDozens of criminal complaints for genocide were submitted, but the Prosecutor’s Office has not processed a single oneWritten by Balkan Diskurs25 April 2025
Meet the majestic Akhal-Teke horses, the national pride of TurkmenistanThey are also known as ‘golden’ and ‘heavenly’ horsesWritten by Nurbek Bekmurzaev24 April 2025
How lemons became Tajikistan’s national brandPeople who tried Tajik lemons tend to agree that they are the best in the world Written by Nurbek Bekmurzaev20 April 2025
The last masters of Afro-Colombian machete fencing fight to save their tradition"Grima is an art of freedom and resistance," Colombian machete fencers say. Written by Rowan Glass19 April 2025
What does decolonising AI really mean? An interview with artist Ameera KawashConceiving the digital as quintessentially scalable makes it colonial, commercial, and commodified by default.Written by UntoldMag18 April 2025
Documentary about first Soviet sexologist Igor Kon receives a festival prizeA film about scientific courage, moral responsibility, and inner freedomWritten by Daria Dergacheva16 April 2025
Max Romeo, an urgent musical voice in Jamaica's turbulent 1970s, passes away at 80His iconic album 'War Ina Babylon' reflected the political turbulence of 1970s JamaicaWritten by Emma Lewis14 April 2025
Song directed at President Bola Tinubu's son banned in Nigeria“They can ban the song, but they can't ban the message.”Written by Pamela Ephraim14 April 2025
Censored modern Chinese history resurfaces in online archive: Interview with China historian Ian JohnsonOur users are primarily Chinese or overseas Chinese communitiesWritten by Filip Noubel14 April 2025