For many Americans, the holiday season means shopping and, increasingly, online shopping. On CyberMonday, the Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, online retailers offer deep discounts in hopes of racking up huge sale volumes. Many shoppers in the U.S. say they mix online and in-person shopping to find the best deals
A community radio station in one of northern India’s most backward districts is empowering women by encouraging them to work at the station and helping them tackle issues such as domestic violence in a patriarchal society. Anjana Pasricha visited the station in Haryana state’s Mewat district to see the transformative role it is playing across 170 villages that it reaches~VO
One man’s obsession with the collective farm he ran for more than a quarter of a century led to the creation of a unique open-air museum in a village in southern Russia~RFE/RL
Critics say the widespread African tradition of giving cash and gifts to a bride’s family before marriage, degrades women by putting a required, monetary value on a wife. In Nigeria, the financial pressure in a recent case tragically ended in suicide
Residents of a town in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad are demanding the reopening of a historic school. The building dates from the 1930s, when the area was part of Germany’s East Prussia region, and was originally named after Adolf Hitler. It was shut down seven years ago amid budget cuts, and local children have had to commute 10 kilometers to a nearby town since it closed
Less than 200 student protesters remain barricaded inside a Hong Kong university that has been surrounded by riot police since Sunday. Over the past 24 hours, a slow trickle of pro-democracy demonstrators have left the campus, either by attempting to flee or by surrendering to police
Almost 70% of India’s apple supply comes from the federally administered regions of Jammu & Kashmir. But the lockdown of the region since August has badly hurt the industry
The Women’s Self-Defense Forces recently opened its first academy in northeastern Syria with the aim of providing military and ideological training to female fighters who voluntarily join the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
Afghans who can’t afford doctors, can’t reach one easily, or don’t trust them often opt for a visit to a bonesetter. These traditional practitioners offer low-cost treatment for breaks, sprains, and other injuries. But some doctors say patients who use them are putting themselves in danger
United States-based journalist and author, Douglas Rogers, wrote a book titled ‘Two Weeks in November: The Astonishing Untold Story of the Operation that Toppled Mugabe’