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The end of the 'eternal' glacier?

As a rare glacier in Indonesia's Papua province disappears, 麻豆社 Indonesian's Valdya Baraputri and 麻豆社 Mundo鈥檚 Alejandra Martins discuss threats to glaciers in their regions.

Indonesia's famous 'Eternity Glacier' in Papua province is shrinking fast, and experts say it could disappear by 2024. Meanwhile many of the glaciers of the Andes in South America are also on the retreat. Valdya Baraputri of 麻豆社 Indonesian and 麻豆社 Mundo's Alejandra Martins share this story of climate change in their regions.

Black and Arab
How are black people across the Arab region affected by racism? For 麻豆社 Arabic, Nareeman Dosa reports from Tunisia, the first Arab country to make racial discrimination a criminal offence. Nareeman is a black woman of Sudanese heritage and her documentary, Black and Arab, also led to discoveries about her own identity.

India and Pakistan: 75 years after Partition
To mark 75 years since India and Pakistan鈥檚 independence and the Partition, 麻豆社 Hindi and 麻豆社 Urdu have collaborated to make a podcast series called Baat Sarhad Paar or Conversations Across The Border. Big names from music, art and literature in both countries discuss their shared culture and how this chapter of history affects people today. Asif Farooqi of 麻豆社 Urdu and Rupa Jha from 麻豆社 Delhi explore the connections.

Goodbye to Bangkok's 'fast and furious' Number 8 bus
The buses operating on Bangkok's Number 8 route are famous for their sometimes alarming speed and reckless driving, earning them the nickname 'fast and furious'. But the authorities have decided to remove them from the roads. 麻豆社 Thai's Tossapol Chaisamritpol was a frequent traveller on the Number 8 and shares his stories.

(Photo: Carstensz Glacier. Credit: Gr8ph1cs via gettyimages)

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