Thessaloniki

<p>This year&#8217;s edition of WOMEX (the World Music Expo) brought musicians and delegates from all corners of the globe to Thessaloniki, Greece [&#8230;]</p>


Mirissa Neff

Greece

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South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’

Pilani Bubu found her music community after she moved from South Africa to New Orleans. She understood that the people she met wanted to learn more about her culture back home. That’s when she started to incorporate South African music into her repertoire

Music

South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’ to create music filled with tradition

Photo of a Swedish city at sunset, with lights glowing in windows and reflecting into a fjord

Should you feed child guests dinner? What #Swedengate tells us about food culture and social expectations.

A live broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking is shown on Dec. 23, 2021, from a media control room in Russia.

Ukraine

It’s just a ‘panic attack’ – Russian media blames US for escalating Ukraine crisis

President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 1964.

Conflict & Justice

How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home

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International shipping companies and ports worldwide going green

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Global maritime shipping is aiming to reach zero emissions by 2050

The most famous voice in Japan

Japan in Focus

How an Australian expat became the voice of Japan’s most-famous train

Irregular migration to Europe down — except on Spain's Canary Islands

Immigration

Irregular migration to Europe is down — except on Spain’s Canary Islands 

They were part of Afghanistan's first-ever all-female flight until their lives were turned upside down

They were part of Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. Then their lives were turned upside down.

What we know about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

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What we know about the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

Russia offers higher pay to lure military recruits

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Russia is offering higher pay to lure more military recruits

South Korea looks for a way out of its constitutional crisis

‘Angst in the air’: South Koreans demonstrate for and against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Africa's most dangerous migration route to Europe has become its busiest

Migrants are increasingly taking dangerous boat journeys to reach Europe

Migrants from Africa reaching Spain in record numbers

Young classical musicians join forces in Middle Eastern ensemble

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