Heatwave batters Spain’s Mediterranean mussel crop
“There’s nothing left here,” sighs Javier Franch as he shakes the heavy rope of mussels he’s just pulled to the surface in northeastern Spain. They are all dead. With the…
Taming tectonics
LAST Tuesday, a powerful earthquake rocked Pakistan and Afghanistan, with tremors felt as far afield as India. The quake, which had its epicentre in the Hindu Kush was measured at 6.5…
US migration the dream of Guatemalans from the village
Emigrating to the United States to escape poverty back home is the dream of many residents of the Mayan indigenous community in Yalambojoch, western Guatemala. It was the dream that…
A town like Bhera
A silence that prevails in the quietness of abandoned mansions, with doors that still wait for loved ones to revert back, the nostalgia of times gone by that wander in…
The secret of prosperity
“Development is about collective change,” says Safiullah Baig, a progressive development professional in Altit, Hunza. “It is not about individualistic ventures. It is about the qualitative transformation of society in…
South Africa shantytown forces anti-apartheid museum to close
South African shantytown residents have forced the closure of a museum honouring anti-apartheid heroes, accusing the authorities of building "a house for dead people" while they live in squalor. Once…
Bucharest ‘khans’ reborn after decades of neglect
Sweaty merchants have given way to trendy tourists and horses to flashy cars, but roadside inns known as "khans" in the heart of Bucharest are getting a new lease on…
