How a children’s chocolate drink became a symbol of French colonialism
With its red fez, broad smile and simplified French, Banania’s mascot has been associated with racist stereotypes.
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Kashmir’s top cleric was a fiery freedom advocate. Now he preaches patience
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s changed tone reflects a changed Kashmir where space for dissent has shrunk, say analysts.
‘Our story’: A day in the life of a handwritten newspaper in Bangladesh
Hasan and his team of reporters juggle day jobs as labourers and seamstresses to report on their remote community.
Does India have a stray dog epidemic?
India’s top court has ordered the sterilisation of all stray dogs in the capital, after an increase in bite cases.
How celeb holiday isle was turned into small boat hellhole by Algerian mafia gangs as migrants use it as gateway to UK
IT is the holiday hotspot where Kate Moss likes to unwind and Katy Perry has frolicked on the beach.
But officials in Formentera say the idyllic island off mainland Spain has become the latest gateway into Europe for small boat migrants he…
‘Everything has been lost’: Kashmir floods, landslides kill dozens
Overflowing rivers devastate communities, prompt questions about whether lessons from past floods were ever learned.
New framework aims to outsmart malware evasion tricks
Attackers have learned how to trick machine learning malware detectors with small but clever code changes, and researchers say they may finally have an answer. In a new paper, academics from Inria and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security…
‘In a nightmare’: India braces for big layoffs as Trump’s tariffs bite
From textile factories to shrimp peeling units, hundreds of thousands of workers could lose jobs, say traders.
Finding connection and resilience as a CISO
With sensitive information to protect and reputational risk always in the background, it isn’t easy for security leaders to have open conversations about what’s working and what isn’t. Yet strong peer networks and candid exchanges are critical for resi…
Displaced return home and reclaim lost roots as Syria tries to rebuild
Syrians – both refugees and internally displaced – are returning home in increasing numbers since the fall of al-Assad.