In the outpouring of community grief that followed Guardian Australia’s story about Bikram Lama, a comment by a colleague really hit home: double quotation markThe reality is that, even if I met Bikram right now, I still couldn’t guarantee him a way off the street. And it’s true. Despite the genuine sadness and goodwill behind…
In a dry riverbed deep within a forest near the Amazon in Brazil, paleontologists uncovered a fossilized jawbone from a previously unknown ancient animal. As their excavation continued, the team found eight more similar jawbones, each about six inches long. However, they did not recover any additional bones that could clearly be matched to a…
In the mountain town of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, on the second floor of Ada Violeta Chuc’s home, a room with faded cream-colored walls holds an altar to honor her family’s ancestors. A wooden cross stands in the center of a table covered by a tablecloth printed with red poinsettias. A dozen figurines of Indigenous and Christian…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A New Zealand woman was arrested on a child neglect charge Sunday after a bus driver found a 2-year-old girl alive in a suitcase that was stowed…
Shorouk Express Clad in a traditional white tunic and purple sash, four-year-old Thiago could barely contain his excitement before taking part as a drummer in a Spanish Easter procession thronged by thousands. He and other members of the younger generations belie the belief that the elderly are custodians of the centuries-old rite, defying a secular…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Ministers have secured raw materials needed to keep British Steel furnaces in Scunthorpe alive amid accusations that the plant’s Chinese owners were poised to…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Justin Welby has been condemned by survivors and campaigners for saying he would forgive serial Church of England abuser John Smyth if he…
