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June 18, 2026
- Irish Parliament Votes to Remove Three-day Abortion Wait
- ‘I Didn’t Expect It to Be so Controversial’: the Japanese Mayor Who Took Maternity Leave
- Alleged Ice-cream Cartel in Japan Investigated as Sweltering Summer Looms
- ‘We Weren’t Allowed to Meet Oasis!’: Japanese Punk Band Otoboke Beaver on Fun, Feminism and Famous Fans
- Sri Lanka Sees ‘Alarming’ Rise in Cybercrime as Scam Networks Relocate From South-east Asia
- ‘Then the Firing Started’: the Soweto Uprising Remembered 50 Years on
- Free as a Bird: the Mexicans Redefining Gender – in Pictures
- ‘The Beauty of the Useless’: Spain’s Super-thin Restaurant Napkins Are Throwaway Art Treasures
- ‘The Birds Will Fly Away’: Can Albania’s Flamingo Revolution Keep Its Wetlands Free From Trumps and Tourists?
- Albanians Protest Against Another Luxury Development on Adriatic Coast
- Pacific Nation of Nauru Wants to Change Its Name as It Moves on From Colonial Past
- Norway’s Monarchy Once Seemed Like a Fairytale – Recent Crises Have Exposed Its Dark Underbelly
- Tortured, Humiliated and Killed: the Women Who Disappear Into Myanmar’s Prisons
- Inspired by Ukraine, and Worried by China: Taiwan Teaches Its Citizens How to Fly Drones
- They Were Forced Into Marriage and Abused. Now Women Facing Exploitation in China Have a Glimmer of Hope
- ‘Beautiful Moment’: Fans of New Zealand and Iran Draw on World Cup Fervour Together
- Philippines Picks up the Pieces After Strongest Earthquake in Decades
- Starbucks Korea to Temporarily Shut All Stores for History Lesson After Bungled Coffee Promotion
- ‘Stop Pretending we Don’t Exist’: Seoul Fills Its Streets With Pride Colour
- Return to Rwanda: the Woman Dedicating Her Life to Ending Gender-based Violence
- ‘I Don’t Want Europe to Fail the Way Turkey Did’: Ece Temelkuran on Fascism, Death Threats and Life in Exile
- ‘Period Tax’ on Sanitary Products to Be Abolished, Says Pakistan Minister
- Swiss Voters Reject Proposal to Cap Population at 10 Million
- What Message is Pauline Hanson Sending to Multicultural Australia?
- Dutch Children Are Unusually Happy and Healthy. is It Because of This Walking Ritual?
- ‘The Sea Took Everything Away’: How Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is Disappearing Beneath the Waves
- Africa Beats Africa: How Diaspora Talent Helps Define the World Cup
- Japan is Running Out of Royals. Are More Men the Answer?
- Japan Pushes Back on Trump’s Anime Posts
June 11, 2026
- ‘Now People Stop to Ask Their Names and Even Stroke Them’: Nigerians Embrace Dogs as Pets
- Is Switzerland Tired of Prosperity? I Can Think of No Other Reason for Our Next Foolish Referendum
- ‘Extreme Fear’ Among Immigrants as Backlash Sweeps South Africa
- ‘Good Lord, What a Smell’: Can Brazil’s Biggest City Save a Vital Source of Water From Sewage, Bacteria and Organised Crime?
- ‘Not in Our Best Moment’: Strikes and Tension Temper World Cup Buzz in Mexico City
- Tears and Catharsis as Kyiv Premieres Opera About Ukrainian Children Abducted by Russia
- What Does the War Mean for the People of Lebanon?
- Letter From Kyiv: I Marvel at How People Deal With Daily Life Under Putin’s Cruel Air War
- Air-raid Alerts and Frontline Memoirs: Kyiv Hosts Literary Festival Amid War
- Trump Targeting Immigrants From Countries Hit Most by Climate Shocks
- ‘I Fear People Will Go to War Over Water’: as Wells Run Dry, Farmers Struggle to Survive in Bangladesh
- ‘Ugly in a Beautiful Way’: Denmark’s Mullet Championship Celebrates Divisive Hairstyle
- How Campaigners Beat Industrial Farming in Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’
- Being a Woman in China is Getting Harder. but in Chengdu, Female-only Spaces Are Flourishing
- China Wants to Suppress Independent Cinema. but Young Film-makers Are Undaunted by Red Lines
- ‘She Gave the Young a Chance’: Pioneering Activist’s Battle for Black Equality in Manchester
- The Vanishing of Nicolás Maduro: How the Former Dictator is Being Erased From Venezuela
- Man Shot Dead During Protest Against Proposed US Ebola Quarantine Facility in Kenya
- ‘To Them a Power Line is a Line of Trees’: Costa Rica Moves to Protect Howler Monkeys From Electrocution
- ‘Waste Colonialism’: Fiji Says No to Australian Billionaire’s Incineration Plan
- Blackouts, Hyperinflation, Dissent: Iran Considers Perilous Prospect of Peace
- In Iran the World Cup Used to Trigger Joy on Our Streets. It Feels Very Different Now
- Dina Nayeri: Marjane Satrapi Brought Iranian Women Like Me Out of Hiding
- ‘The Patients Scattered’: How Gun Crime Cuts Off Healthcare for South Africa’s Poorest
- Japanese Manga Fans Urge Trump to Stop Using Characters in His Online Posts
- Izakaya Economics: Japan’s Traditional Night Out Fights Tooth and Ale for Survival
- How a Starbucks Marketing Stunt Spiralled Into Mass Boycotts in South Korea
- ‘We Are Familiar Faces’: Are Local Peacemakers the Answer to Nigeria’s Bandit Crisis?
- ‘This May Be Our Last Chance’: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Kiribati’s World Cup Dream
- ‘Not Just a Singer’: Argentinians Queue for Miles to Mourn Biggest Rockstar Most of World Has Never Heard of
- Powerful Earthquake in Southern Philippines Leaves at Least 37 Dead
- On Patrol With Tokyo's New Litter Police
- The Priests Revered in the Land of Five Genders
June 4, 2026
- The Man Turning the Cockroach Into a Gen-Z Movement in India
- It’s a Bone of Contention: Mexico and Brazil Are Arguing Over Dogs
- ‘Fractured’ Society – but New Zealand’s Young Have Hope Across Difference and Distance
- What the Hellenic! Why is Christopher Nolan’s New Greek Epic Entirely Devoid of Greeks?
- A Bird Has Better Protection Than an Afghan Woman. Welcoming the Taliban to Europe is a Slap in the Face
- ‘The Story of Hong Kong is the Sound of It’: the Cross-cultural Joy of the City’s Cantopop Music
- Argentina’s ‘European’ Self-image Under Renewed Scrutiny After Racist Incidents in Brazil
- Mozambique Says Five Citizens Killed in ‘Xenophobic Attacks’ in South Africa
- The US Keeps Finding Ways to Justify State Violence Against Cuba
- From Barren Shores to Green Oases: How a Surfer Looking for Shade Ended up Transforming Costa Rica’s Coastline
- Australia Must Engage With Solomon Islands With Mutual Respect. It’s About so Much More Than Keeping Beijing at Bay
- ‘I Want My Life Back’: Drugs Shortages Lay Bare Economic Impact of Diamond Crash in Botswana
- UN Adds Israel and Russia to Blacklist for Sexual Violence in Conflict
- ‘We Don’t Have Another Country to Run To’: Kenyans Fear US Plan for Ebola Quarantine Site
- What Can the Dutch Teach the UK About How to Tackle the Youth Jobs Crisis?
- Peace Fails If It is Not Defended. the UN’s Peacekeepers Cannot Do This Alone
- Behind the Historic Efforts to Transport Bayeux Tapestry From France to UK
- ‘They Take You Out of Life, Out of Time’: a Journey Into Spain’s Astonishing Cave Paintings
- France Overturns Law Classing People as Property – 178 Years After It Abolished Slavery
- Feeding the Future of France: Rollout of €1 Meals an Attempt to Help Struggling Students
- People ‘Panicking’ as Ghana Passes Sweeping Law Criminalising LGBTQ+ Activity
- My Father, the German Refugee Who Fought the Nazis as a ‘Secret Listener’
- Sixty Thousand Love Letters and Counting: Volunteers Help Sift Through Vast German Trove of Devotion
- Germany’s Embattled Nightlife Scene Welcomes Plan to Reclassify Clubs
- How the Death of Yves Sakila Exposes Ireland’s Deeply Rooted Racism Problem
- What is Killing Sumatra’s Elephants? the Battle to Save One of Our Rarest Animals
- Party Like a Swede! a Guide to Celebrating Midsummer
- The World Capital of French Fries Has a Problem: Too Many Potatoes
- How Curry Shops Got Caught in Japan’s Immigration Crackdown
- In Taiwan, Chinese-Born Wives Are a Focus of Infiltration Fears
- With Stephen Curry Deal, Li-Ning of China Shoots for Global Sneaker Spotlight
- Overlooked No More: Nancy Sheung, Whose Camera Captured Women on Their Own Terms
- How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years
- Why Pakistan and Afghanistan Are Still Fighting