Russia's call up: What we know
Russia's military call up has prompted protests, queues at border and cancer patients being drafted by mistake.
Queues at borders, cancer patients mistakenly drafted, protests in the North Caucasus - 麻豆社 Russian's Famil Ismailov shares his insights into how Russia's partial military call up is going on the ground.
Burundian drum outrage
Video footage of a woman playing a Burundian drum at a music festival in Uganda caused the Burundian Ministry of Culture to call it 鈥渕isuse of the Burundian sacred drum鈥. Samba Cyuzuzo from 麻豆社 Great Lakes explains the importance of, and laws around, Burundi's sacred drum.
Venezuelans in Iceland
麻豆社 Mundo's Jorge Perez visited Iceland to meet recent migrants and refugees from Venezuela, to discover how they have made the transition from the tropics to the Arctic Circle.
Reporting the cost of living crisis globally
Restaurants switching from quality dining to cheap takeaways; pets abandoned on the streets; and 'bachelors' and students cutting meals to fund their studies: stories from 麻豆社 Chinese, Arabic and Bengali revealing the cost of living crisis around the world.
UK's Indonesian migrant workers
This year the UK's farmers employed seasonal fruit pickers from Indonesia for the first time. 麻豆社 Indonesian's Endang Nurdin spoke to some about their experiences, and discovered the questionable fees being charged to them back home.
(Photo: Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow. Credit: Alexander Nemenov/Getty images)
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