Stories from 8 April 2015
How Not to Write About Smartphones and Spain
In defense of Spain's right to be portrayed accurately—and as smartphone-addicted as everybody else.
What Does Airbnb's Cuba Launch Mean for US Citizens and Cuban Homeowners?
Renting out rooms is nothing new to Cubans, who have been doing so as an additional source of income for more than two decades.
The Gambia Sentences Failed Coup Participants to Death, Life in Prison
Gambian soldiers who participated in a foiled coup on 30 December 2014 have been judged by a secret court. Human rights groups have expressed concern over the trials.
Do Japanese People Really Have a Low Opinion of Americans?
USA Today found the one nugget of negativity in a new Pew survey comparing Japanese and American attitudes about each other and made that the headline.
One Month on, China Ignores International Calls for Release of Detained Feminist Activists
Some observers believe the arrest of the five women's rights activists last month are related to a wider crackdown on NGOs in China, in particular those with strong overseas connections.
Tajik Migrants in Russia: Life Is a Queue and Then You Die
"We poor, desperate Tajiks die on the way to state borders, in the streets and bazaars, on building sites and other dirty places. Alas, no-one takes care of us."
