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Sinophone literature outside of China: Interview with writer Zhang Lijia

Written by Filip Noubel

25 April 2025

What’s behind the massive mobilization against China’s Mega embassy in London?

Written by Oiwan Lam

21 March 2025

The Year of reparations: What does it mean and what should Africa expect?

Written by Adesewa Olofinko

7 March 2025

The fourth industrial revolution is an opportunity to achieve global gender equality

Written by Guest Contributor

18 February 2025

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Threatened by transnational repression, Hong Kong exile media outlets aim to preserve press freedom

Hong Kong exile journalists and political dissidents are often targeted

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 April 2025

Toxic masculinity: Global narratives of control

We examine two key narratives shaping the debate around what many consider “men's and women's roles in society."

Written by Civic Media Observatory

8 April 2025

From visa-free to visa fees, the UK's new requirements for Trinidad & Tobago nationals stir debate

'[O]ur colonists have found another way to extract our wealth ...'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

14 March 2025

Exploring the feminine sublime and the passage of time with photographer Maryam Eisler

'My end game is to create a deeply poetic painting using the camera as the medium to achieve my goal'

Written by Omid Memarian

27 December 2024

Georgian-British author Leo Vardiashvili paints the country's unhealed scars with dark humor in first novel

The Georgian saying goes: “a guest is a gift from God.”

Written by Filip Noubel

3 October 2024

Through the lens of Czech-British photographer Liba Taylor: The power of photography

A refugee from Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia spent her life documenting other refugees

Written by Elmira Lyapina

26 August 2024

‘Free at last’: Aussies respond to Julian Assange homecoming

Wikileaks founder’s release from prison brings mixed reactions down under

Written by Kevin Rennie

8 July 2024

UK diamond company that won water and climate awards has been linked to water pollution in Lesotho

Investigation follows outcry from villagers living near the mine

Written by The Colonist Report

6 July 2024

A message from a Jamaica-born Briton on Windrush Day

'British colonial history is a big part of British history'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

22 June 2024

How data shapes political narratives amid the 2024 super-elections

The rise of data-driven political campaigns

Written by Rafaela Landikusic

20 June 2024

Hong Kong: The political subtext behind the resignations of overseas non-permanent judges

Lord Sumption: Hong Kong is slowly becoming a totalitarian state.

Written by Oiwan Lam

17 June 2024

Getting to know Kensa Broadhurst: A Q&A with a Cornish language activist

Kensa will be managing the @EuroDigitalLang rotating X account

Written by Rising Voices

31 May 2024

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev cozies up to authoritarian leaders

Is it just business and politics or more?

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

30 May 2024

Activists call for the shutdown of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office after three alleged spies were arrested in London

Protesters rebranded the office as 'Hong Kong Espionage & Tracking Office'

Written by Oiwan Lam

21 May 2024

As a strong supporter of reparations, Barbados has had to reconsider purchasing land from a former slave-owning family

'The government should not be entering into any relationship with Richard Drax'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

28 April 2024

Audio deepfakes and AI tricks threaten elections around the world

AI-generated content will also have greater impact in our social life

Written by Dren Gërguri

25 April 2024

The historic repatriation of a giant lizard in a jar from Scotland to Jamaica is more than a symbolic gesture

'This repatriation [represents] the return of a valuable piece of Jamaican heritage'

Written by Emma Lewis

23 April 2024

Getting to know L’Office du Jèrriais: A Q&A with the team promoting the Jèrriais language

L’Office du Jèrriais will be managing the @EuroDigitalLang rotating X account

Written by Rising Voices

18 April 2024

‘My boyhood football club wants to kill me’

Chelsea's support for Israel shattered my heart, but Liverpool fans' solidarity brought joy

Written by We Are Not Numbers

14 March 2024

How Hongkongers overseas preserve, and adapt the city’s famed cuisine

Hong Kong diaspora is innovating cuisines from their home city

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

14 February 2024

Ghanaians’ reactions to the UK loaning back treasures it looted from them

'Why are they not being returned unconditionally with apologies?'

Written by Zita Zage

31 January 2024

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