Gang crime, explosions and hitmen killings, linked to guerrillas or cross-border trafficking, are turning the Colombian frontier city of Cúcuta into a lawless free-for-all. The locals however, are not as shocked as they should be.
Category: Society
A new study shows that working-age men, particularly from lower castes, are most vulnerable to fatal heatstroke in India. Experts warn how gender, caste, and occupation intersect in deadly ways amid rising temperatures.
Romania and Poland, both countries divided between their liberal Pro-European and conservative nationalist parties, both countries with a communist past, have now had to make a choice about which direction they wish to go in.
In Egypt’s sun-soaked tourist towns, a new form of romance blooms — one where age, money, and longing collide in quiet transactions masked as love.
Among the many cuts by the Milei government was a program that paid people to clear trash from their own neighborhoods. Now, both garbage and health fears are piling up.
Alcohol, food, costumes and … wife carrying? Around the world, people have imbued weirdness and fun into the very serious sporting events that are marathons and races. Follow us in exploring the silliest ones out there.
Since the start of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian surrogacy clinics have expanded their market to China and the Arab countries and have increased the range of services, including births in Greece, Cyprus and Georgia.
With the arrival of the new Pope, can we expect a new stance from the Catholic Church on the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people?
You may have never felt so lost — and so guilty — as when you started to sense that something wasn’t right with that friend who loved you so much.
With photographs from New York City, Brittany and Malaysia, among other places.
Morning raves are taking over Europe as young professionals swap pre-work gym sessions for sober dancing, fresh juice, and early-morning euphoria. But is the early rise worth it?
Abderrahmane Ouatiki, an Algerian student working at the hotel front desk, was taken hostage and forced to lead the robbers to their priceless loot. As the trial for the 2016 robbery unfolds in the French capital, Le Figaro revisits how everything fell apart for the PhD candidate, who lost his passion for studying and was forced to return to his home country.
Classifying students as visual, auditory, or tactile learners can actually do more harm than good. Research shows what truly improves learning.
Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions — and the risk for disease spillover.
Mother figures don’t always look the same. In the lives of many trans people, that presence comes in the form of a trans mother — a role that is born out of love and chosen care.
With photographs from Saudi Arabia, Cannes and Indonesia, among other places.
In Tokyo and Osaka, secondhand shops specializing in luxury goods are multiplying, attracting an international clientele in search of rare pieces. Japan has become a global hub for high-end vintage, where “secondhand” never means low-quality.
Following immunotherapy treatments in the last decade, new therapeutic strategies for cancer are beginning to emerge.
For years, critics have tried to bury #MeToo, often holding up high-profile acquittals as proof of its demise. Yet, when convictions occur, no one calls it a victory for the movement. This contradiction reveals a deep misunderstanding of what #MeToo was — and an urgent need for it to stay alive.
Die Zeit speaks with Father Lukas Schmidkunz, who has known Robert Provost for a long time, about the man who has become Pope Leo XIV.
I don’t want to be ‘rescued’ by Pakistan. I don’t want to be silenced by India. I want to grow in a space that allows me to be both Kashmiri and Indian without splitting my tongue in two. I want the world to know that patriotism can look like criticism, and loyalty can sound like longing.
In electing Pope Leo XIV, the institution of the Catholic Church appears quite clear about the place it should occupy beyond its spiritual commitment.
A new study offers more evidence linking frequent marijuana use to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
With photographs from the Vatican, Kyrgyzstan and the Czech Republic, among other places.
The conclave in which Pope Francis was elected had as its task the salvation of the Church. At the conclave that chose Cardinal Robert Prevost to be Pope Leo XIV, we ask him to fill in where politics has failed.
Despite startling breakthroughs, the first words and signs of great apes are rarely publicly celebrated by scientists.
Each cardinal brings strengths and weaknesses, but a Vatican insider tells La Stampa that it is now clear: more time is needed.
In this deeply personal account, journalist Ignacio Pereyra looks back on his journey through desire, fear and what a moment in Vigo some 20 years ago taught him about the silence of masculinity.
There is enough evidence already on the harm done by screen addiction among minors to justify banning smartphones for the entire school day, yet many schools and countries have yet to take strict action on this issue.
With photographs from Iran, Madrid and India, among other places.
The quiet return of maternity fees and the black-market sale of essential documents put extra burdens on mothers as they struggle to navigate a broken system.
Al-Azhar’s rooting of the idea of unfairness in inheritance division, based on the logic that men deserve twice as much as women, leaves women without full entitlement. One legal scholar is challenging this longstanding edict, and with it the very authority of the venerated Islamic institution.
Our Naples-based Dottoré pays a non-religious, albeit emotional tribute to the late pontiff.
The Argentine-born pontiff appeared equal parts combative and caring, and apt to share parts of papal life long held secret by his predecessors. A look back on a of a pope who was more like you and me than bishops of Rome are thought to be — and who seemed to be just fine with it all.
Mohamed Ramadan’s performance at Coachella marks a stark contrast from Egypt’s golden era of art, when creativity served as the nation’s conscience.
A rare wildfire in New York has reignited debate over the role of controlled burns in forest management. As climate change fuels more extreme weather, experts and policymakers are divided on whether fighting fire with fire might actually make sense.
With photographs from Singapore, Turin and Tehran, among other places.
For some, it’s an emotional issue; for others, it’s a legal case, one taught as early as the first year of law school.
People who eat at the right times lose weight more easily, sleep better and live longer — according to chrononutrition influencers. But what does science really say? Intermittent fasters, listen up!
For a dual-national soccer player, choosing a national team goes beyond the sporting sphere: It involves family, identity and geopolitical issues, pitting major European nations against Maghreb countries.