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‘Bien Chabacano’ blog preserves and promotes Asia’s only Spanish-based creole language Posted 13 September 2018 15:10 GMT Zamboanga City Hall in the Philippines. Flickr photo by JC Tuclaud (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Chabacano, one of the Philippines’ 170 languages, is widely spoken in the southernmost city…
Japan’s vending machines strike again—this time with pizza and crepes Posted 13 September 2018 19:57 GMT Vending machines in Honmachi entertainment district, Tsuruga, Japan. Photo by Nevin Thompson. Japanese vending machines have long been famous for selling the most curious things — like flowers, umbrellas,…
Meet Ujwol Dangol, founder of Kathmandu’s first skate park Posted 13 September 2018 13:54 GMT Ktm Skate Park in Kathmandu’s Valley. Image from the Skate Park’s Facebook page. Used with permission. Amid the cramped buildings that dot the banks of Bishnumati River, a group of…
Whitewashed Saudi ‘Reformer’ Prince Boosts Authoritarian Crackdown on Dissent September 13, 2022 The regime of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is punishing satire on social media with 5 years in prison and sentencing women’s rights activists to death. CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin…
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Hurricane Florence: storm downgraded but Carolinas brace for inundation – live updates Despite category 1 status, residents are still expecting ‘life-threatening’ rains and flooding as Florence lashes central seaboard with damaging winds and storm surge Hurricane Florence tracker: where is the storm…
Race issues White students made to look black on US site for French college Lyon art school apologises after agency manipulated PR image to appeal to US students Angelique Chrisafis in Paris @achrisafis Thu 13 Sep 2018 14.22 BSTLast modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 17.55 BST…
Philippines Typhoon Mangkhut: thousands evacuated as Philippines braces for super storm Weather system could bring gusts up to 255km/h and wreak havoc in densely populated agricultural regions Associated Press Fri 14 Sep 2018 03.19 BSTLast modified on Fri 14 Sep 2018 04.37 BST A Filipino secures…
Pipeline From Hell? Nord Stream 2 And Why It’s So Contentious With tensions between Moscow and the West on the rise, a massive energy project is set to snake across the seabed between Russia and the European Union: an underwater gas pipeline called…
“Running Out Of Time” – Local Communities Mobilise for the Climate By Tharanga YakupitiyageReprint | | Print | Send by email Fayaz Ahmad Khanday plucks a lotus stem from Wullar Lake in India’s Kashmir. He says the fish population has fallen drastically in recent times. The Global Climate…
