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July 16, 2026

• ‘We Plant Belonging’: How Nature Charities and Asylum Seekers Work Together in UK Countryside
• The Most Beautiful Act of Resistance I’ve Seen: Madrid Tenants Fighting Landlords With Art
• After Historic World Cup Success, Why Does Cabo Verde Still Grapple With Identity Issues?
• ‘When I Go Out, People Throw Jabs at Us’: the Nigerian Families Fighting for Their Disabled Children
• ‘When She Turns Eight They Will Take Her’: Rising Number of Afghan Girls Being Sold Into Child Marriage
• The Taliban’s War on Education: ‘Nobody Talks About What is Happening to the Boys’
• To Make Wine is to Believe in the Future: the Ukrainians Growing Grapes on the Frontline
• Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey Used Occupied Land as a Film Set. That Feels Like a Betrayal
• Who is ‘Stealing’ Bali’s Water? How Tourism Siphoned Off a Prized Resource
• Sweden Prides Itself on Equality – so Why is Its Political Gender Gap Growing?
• ‘If a Woman is Killed, They Say She Fell, She Took Poison’: Pakistan’s Devastating Rise in ‘Hidden’ Sexual Violence
• Eat, Sleep, Rave ... Make Peace! DJ Yousuke Yukimatsu’s Mission to Change the World With Topless Raves
• An Argentine Banner Showed Its England Win Was About More Than Sports
• The Long-Running, Never-Ending Argument Over What Counts as ‘America’
• Making an Album to Dispel Stereotypes, She Found a Lifeline
• As India Erases Its Colonial Past, Delhi’s Elite Feel Targeted
• Indian Diaspora, Now the Largest Foreign-Born Group in Australia, Welcomes Modi
• Odysseus Wasn’t Real. but He Had Real Worshipers in Ancient Ithaca.
• Moscow Still Has Art and Culture. Just Don’t Say ‘Ukraine.’
• Barcelona’s New Message: ‘Not One Tourist More’

July 9, 2026

• Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian Author of Women Without Men, Dies at 80
• ‘He Saw Signs Saying No Blacks – but He Never Got Bitter’: Sterling Betancourt, the Man Who Brought Steelpan Music to the UK
• ‘A Very Angry Gay Man’: Activist’s 11-year Fight to Overturn Trinidad’s Homophobic Laws Reaches Final Hurdle
• Gaza’s Musicians Reopen Bomb-shattered Conservatory – in Tents
• Australia’s Best Pie Has a Malaysian Prawn Curry Filling – and Its Bakers Have Even Bolder Flavours in Mind
• LGBTQ+ Cruise Ship Refused Entry to Egypt Days After Turkey Turned It Away
• Hossam Hassan and the Blurring of Lines Between Football and Politics in Egypt
• In Thailand’s Sex Tourism Hub, Bright Lights Flash, Loud Music Blares – and Underage Girls Are Exploited
• Fight Them for the Beaches: the Real Villain of Europe’s Overtourism is Big Business
• ‘A Lot of Art in Ireland Was Made by One Type of Man’: Richard Malone on Taking His Colourful Fabric Creations to the EU Council
• How Did South Africa Produce an Anti-African Movement?
• ‘Living Like This is Agony’: Cuba Suffers Third Nationwide Blackout in Six Months
• ‘Now the Flag is Everywhere’: How World Cup Success Has Changed Life in Cape Verde
• ‘We Won’t Give Up, We’ll Keep Fighting’: Activists in Colombia Vow to Resist Far-right Push for Fossil Fuels
• Oche Addicts: How Kenya Fell Back in Love With Darts
• ‘They Sing Mostly About Cows … and Peace’: How Social Media is Driving a Maasai Music Revival
• ‘Here I Can Live a Good Life’: Inside the Syrian Commune Where Men Are Banned
• Plenty of Players but No Grassroots: Can China Ever Grow Into a Footballing Giant?
• New Zealand Finally Gets a Google Maps Tool That Correctly Pronounces Māori Placenames
• As France and Morocco Take the Field, Colonial Past and Global Present Will Mix
• The Main Attraction at Africa’s Most Lucrative Horse Race? Black Wealth.
• Hero or Traitor? the Legacy of a Revolutionary-Era Cherokee Woman.
• Why India Has Spent Years Blocking One Movie’s Release
• Inside ‘Chinese Dreamcore,’ Where Gen Z Relives a Brighter Past

July 1, 2026

• Trump Finds Partner in Supreme Court in His War Against Immigration
• ‘I’m Not a Quitter!’ Rubén Blades, the Salsa Supremo Who Acted With Jack Nicholson, Inspired Bad Bunny – and Served as Panama’s Tourism Minister
• How Paris Became a Nexus for Black Culture
• ‘They Will Attack Me If I Stay’: Immigrants in South Africa Flee for Safety Amid Violence and Anti-foreigner Protests
• ‘Witch-hunt’ in Niger as Military Regime Rounds up LGBTQ+ Population
• We Were Hopelessly Lost in the Sudanese Desert. Then Villagers Offered Us a Hut to Stay in
• Women Behind the Lens: ‘My Grandma Dressed Like a Celebrity, Even Matching the Colour of Her Cigarettes to Her Outfits’
• ‘Everyone is Talking About Cape Verde’: World Cup Run Delights Diaspora Community in UK
• ‘Humanity is a Privilege’: Umar Khalid on His Six Years in an Indian Jail Without Trial
• From Mobile Jungles to Shadow Art: How Dutch People Try to Beat the Heat
• Bayeux Tapestry Tickets Generate Nine-hour Online Queues as Public Scramble for Access
• Salzburg Bans Tourists From Driving Into Historic Centre Over Summer
• ‘We Were Broke, but Fascinated by Freedom’: Exhibition Showcases East German Artist Gabriele Stötzer
• US Cooking Oil Market Shrinking Due to Ice Pressures on Latino Households, Mazola Owner Says
• Trafficked, Beaten and Raped: Raids Reveal Scale of Abuse of Women in Asia’s Cyberscam Centres
• ‘Fine for Others to Pay More’: Can Japan Attract More Overseas Tourists While Charging Them Extra?
• Outrage as Woman Jailed for Three Years After Criticising Somali Government Online
• ‘She Never Says Goodbye When She Leaves’: the Romanian Families Separated by Migration
• What Does Venezuela Do With Its Dead?
• Who Speaks for the Trees? a Tiny Quebec Town.
• A Mountain Town is the Birthplace of Mexican Soccer. but Which One?
• In Japan’s ‘Little Brazil,’ a World Cup Showdown Tests Loyalties
• A Mayor is Taking Maternity Leave in Japan. Some Men Are Furious.
• Why It’s Getting Easier to Find Burmese Food
• Feel That Thumping Bass? You May Be in Warsaw.
• Whatever You Do in Russia, Don’t Talk About the War
• Did American-Style ‘Gentle Parenting’ Spoil French Children?
• Turkey as a Tango Destination? a Reporter Was Living That Story.