Curtains down at Kabul cinema
A MOVIE theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan's modern history – from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers – has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
Philippine purple treat under threat
IN New York City, people line up outside a bakery before it opens to buy a brioche doughnut whose glaze shines a startling purple. In Paris, people sip purple-coloured lattes with a mellow, nutty scent. In Melbourne, a purple tinge gives hot cross buns a gentle sweetness.
Blowback on wind farm pause
LESS than 24 hours after US President Donald Trump dealt a blow to five major offshore wind farms last month, Democratic governors in several north-eastern states began plotting a strategy to save them.
‘Is he dead? Is he not dead?’
ABDOUL Aziz Balde sobbed as he spoke of his son Idrissa, who left Guinea in search of a better life but has not been heard from since capsizing off the Moroccan coast.
Slowly swallowed by the sea
TURQUOISE waves splash against the white sand beaches of the Bijagos archipelago, where locals fear rising sea levels will swallow their islands whole.
Shopping fever hits Argentina
SOME Argentines had taken buses from neighbouring cities and camped outside overnight. Many others arrived at a Buenos Aires parking lot at dawn, forming a line stretching six blocks – a mixture of baggy eyes and determination.
New year, new beginnings: Seniors embracing change
This week, our columnist explores the realities of ageing, where looking good and feeling good don't always align.
No slowing down for retired professor passionate about conservation
For this retired professor, retirement is not a slowing down, but a time devoted to conservation and giving back.
Designing for video game complexity
Video game designers have a challenge trying to wrangle inherently complex games, so let's look at some of the ways they make things comprehensible to players.
To slobber and to protect
ROONEY, a burly, middle-aged cop of few words, was starting another day of police work when an alarming call came in: a bomb threat.
